China witness: Voices from a silent generation
by Xinran
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0701180390
- ISBN 13
- 9780701180393
- Seller
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Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Chatto & Windus, 2008. Later Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 434 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Edges browned slightly. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; China; ISBN: 0701180390. ISBN/EAN: 9780701180393. Dewey Code: 951.05 22. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: RB14277. . 9780701180393
Synopsis
Xinran was born in Beijing in 1958 and was a successful journalist in China. In 1997 she moved to London where she began work on her seminal book, The Good Women of China . She has also written Sky Burial and a novel, Miss Chopsticks . From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RB14277
- Title
- China witness: Voices from a silent generation
- Author
- Xinran
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0701180390
- ISBN 13
- 9780701180393
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- BZDB1 History; China; ISBN: 0701180390 EAN: 9780701180393 Xinran China witness: Voices from a silent generation
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