Rene Leys

by Segalen, Victor, Underwood, J. A.

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ISBN-13: 9780879513245
ISBN: 0879513241
Publisher: Overlook Press, The

AUTHOR

Segalen, Victor, Underwood, J. A.

SUMMARY

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."Segalen, Victor is the author of 'Rene Leys' with ISBN 9780879513245 and ISBN 0879513241.

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