The China Lover: A Novel - Brossura

Buruma, Ian

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ISBN 10: 0143116088 ISBN 13: 9780143116080

Casa editrice: Penguin Books, 2009

Riassunto

From Shanghai before and during the Second World War to U.S. occupied Tokyo, and, finally, to the Middle East in the early 1970s, Ian Buruma's masterful novel about the intoxicating power of collective fantasy follows three star-struck men driven to extraordinary acts by their devotion to the same legendary woman. A beautiful Japanese girl born in Manchuria, Yamaguchi Yoshiko is known as Ri Koran in Japan, Li Xianglan in China, and Shirley Yamaguchi in the U.S., and her past is a closely guarded secret. In Buruma's reimagining of the life of Yamaguchi Yoshiko, a Japanese girl torn between patriotism for her parents? homeland, worldly ambition, and sympathy for the Chinese, she will reflect almost exactly the twists and turns in the history of modern Japan. The China Lover is both luminously written and imbued with the insights and erudition that have made Ian Buruma one of the most respected writers on modern Asia.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Ian Buruma is editor of The New York Review of Books. His previous books include Their Promised Land, Year Zero, The China Lover, Murder in Amsterdam, Occidentalism, God's Dust, Behind the Mask, The Wages of Guilt, Bad Elements, and Taming the Gods.

Ian Buruma is currently Luce Professor at Bard College. His previous books includeGod's Dust, Behind the Mask, The Missionary & The Libertine,Playing the Game, The Wages of Guilt, Anglomania, and Bad Elements. He writes frequently forThe New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, andthe Financial Times.

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Book by Buruma Ian

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Penguin Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0143116088
• ISBN 13: 9780143116080
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 400