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S'està carregant… City of Lingering Splendour: A Frank Account of Old Peking's Exotic Pleasuresde John Blofeld
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Many foreigners have written books about their stays in China. In fact, many appear to feel themselves obligated to do so, and produce some of the worst, self-important drivel ever put between two covers. Blofeld does not fall into that category. If you have ever had the chance to wander through any of the surviving back alleys of Beijing, you will be entranced by this highly literate, deeply felt work. ( ) Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
"In his early twenties, John Blofeld spent what he describes as "three exquisitely happy years" in Peking during the era of the last emperor, when the breathtaking greatness of China's ancient traditions was still everywhere evident. Arriving in 1934, he found a city imbued with the atmosphere of the recent imperial past and haunted by the powerful spirit of the late Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi. He entered a world of magnificent palaces and temples of the Forbidden City, of lotus-covered lakes and lush pleasure-gardens, of bustling bazaars and peaceful bathhouses, and of "flower houses" with their beautiful young courtesans versed in the arts of pleasing men. With a novelists' command of detail and dialogue, Blofeld vividly re-creates the magic of these years and conveys to the reader his appreciation and nostalgia for a way of life long vanished." No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — S'està carregant… GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)951.156History and Geography Asia China and region Northeast China Hebei, Tianjin, Beijing BeijingLCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana:
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