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User Review - GoodreadsI was able to borrow a copy of this book through and inter-library loan and skimmed through it in a weekend. How sad to read of the destruction of centuries of culture and history by the Maoists. Read full review
Contents
A Short | 85 |
Hagiographic Interlude | 107 |
Cultural Life | 128 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Chinese shadows |
| Author | Simon Leys |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Penguin Books, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0140047875, 9780140047875 |
| Length | 220 pages |
| Subjects | › › China China - Description and travel History / Asia / China Ryckmans, Pierre Travel / Asia / China |
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