The House of Exile
Material type: TextPublication details: Soho PressDescription: 432 pagesISBN:- 9780939149780
- 915.1
- DS721
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Lake Chapala Society | 951.04 WALN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 41385 |
A young American woman's firsthand account of aristocratic family-life in pre-revolutionary China from 1920 to 1932. Also of the fateful events she witnessed from a privileged position as the adoptive "Daughter by Affection" of a noble Chinese family. The book became a renowned bestseller translated into fourteen languages and earning for its author an international reputation. Portions of an unfinished sequel augment this edition and appear here for the first time, along with personal photographs.
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