Rene Leys (New York Review Books)

Type

Book

Authors

Victor Segalen

ISBN 10

1590170415

ISBN 13

9781590170410

Tags

Cultural Heritage, Political, French, Literary

Description

In this entrancing story of spiritual adventure, a Westerner in Peking seeks the mystery at the heart of the Forbidden City. He takes as a tutor in Chinese the young Belgian René Leys, who claims to be in the know about strange goings-on in the Imperial Palace: love affairs, family quarrels, conspiracies that threaten the very existence of the empire. But whether truth-teller or trickster, the elusive and ever-charming René presents his increasingly dazzled disciple with a visionary glimpse of "an essential palace built upon the most magnificent foundations." - from Amzon

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