Rene Leys by Victor Segalen
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 Ren 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 Ren presents his increasingly dazzled disciple with a visionary glimpse of an essential palace built upon the most magnificent foundations.
VICTOR SEGALEN (1878-1919) was a French doctor, novelist, poet, literary theorist, sinologist, and amateur archaeologist. TIMOTHY BILLINGS is an associate professor of English at Middlebury College. CHRISTOPHER BUSH teaches comparative literature and humanities at Princeton University. HAUN SAUSSY is a professor of comparative literature at Yale University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781590170410 |
| ISBN 10 | 1590170415 |
| Title | Rene Leys |
| Author | Victor Segalen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The New York Review of Books, Inc |
| Year published | 2003-07-31 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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