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276p blue cloth, dj, appendix, maps, bibliogr, as new Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India Pakistan.
First English edition using the Little, Brown sheets. Quarter bound in batik boards and white cloth; spine lightly sunned. b/w illustrations, superb four hand colored silk paintings of Chinese theater characters ( a General - frontis, a Scholar, a Demi-Mondaine, and a Clown ), protected by rice paper, chronological table, bibliography, index, 234pp. Seventeen additional illustrations as well. indexed. an excellent copy
First Edition, 25 pages(in Chinese) + 106 illustrations in color and B&W, with details of hair styles, armour, buttons, hand gesture, boots, bridles, chariot, weapons, inscriptions.4to (12 1/2 X 15inches), + inalid stapled 20 page folio English translation and commentary, all in slipcase (slight wear to pictorial case, cloth, dust cover and book in excellent condition). A monumental early photographical report, with stunning pictures, of the excavations and trove's at the site of the first emperor's terracotta army. bellissimo libro fotogtafico sullo scavo dell'esercito di terracotta di Qin Shih Huangdi a Xian. Ottimo, tela edit. sovracoperta e cofanetto illustrato, minime tracce di usura al solo cofanetto. extra shipping for international orders.
4to, hardcover in dj. Feasting was an important social and ritual activity in China beginning in the Bronze Age, and cuisine retains a strong cultural significance to this day. This book focuses on feasting in the 10th through 14th centuries, examining Chinese paintings of feasts from the Song (960–1279), Liao (907–1125), and Yuan (1279–1368) dynasties. Feast images, more so than works from any other painting genre, depict scenes from the past, the present, and the afterlife alike. More specifically, as author Zoe S. Kwok explains in the book’s insightful text, they portray a continuum between life and what lies beyond it; this volume is the first to make such a connection. Full-color plates highlight a rare group of paintings as well as complementary ceramic, metal, stone, and textile objects, and the nearly fifty individual catalogue entries touch on diverse topics—not only food and drink but dance, music, costume, burial practices, artistic patronage, and more.
3 Hefte. Kl.8°. 32; 32; 32 S. Original Karton mit Deckeltitel. Einbände etwas stockfleckig, innen wenige Seiten auch etwas stockfleckig, sonst in gutem Zustand.
2 Hefte. Kl.8°. 32; 36 S. Original Karton mit Deckeltitel. Einbände etwas stockfleckig, innen paar Seiten auch etwas stockfleckig, sonst noch in Ordnung.
8vo, hardcover in dj, pp.446. Shanghai has historically been China’s jewel, its richest, most modern and westernized city. The bustling metropolis was home to sophisticated intellectuals, entrepreneurs, and a thriving middle class when Mao’s proletarian revolution emerged victorious from the long civil war. Terrified of the horrors the Communists would wreak upon their lives, citizens of Shanghai who could afford to fled in every direction. Seventy years later, members of the last generation to fully recall this massive exodus have revealed their stories to Chinese American journalist Helen Zia, who interviewed hundreds of exiles about their journey through one of the most tumultuous events of the twentieth century. From these moving accounts, Zia weaves together the stories of four young Shanghai residents who wrestled with the decision to abandon everything for an uncertain life as refugees in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the United States. Benny, who as a teenager became the unwilling heir to his father’s dark wartime legacy, must decide either to escape to Hong Kong or navigate the intricacies of a newly Communist China. The resolute Annuo, forced to flee her home with her father, a defeated Nationalist official, becomes an unwelcome exile in Taiwan. The financially strapped Ho fights deportation from the U.S. in order to continue his studies while his family struggles at home. And Bing, given away by her poor parents, faces the prospect of a new life among strangers in America. The lives of these men and women are marvelously portrayed, revealing the dignity and triumph of personal survival. Herself the daughter of immigrants from China, Zia is uniquely equipped to explain how crises like the Shanghai transition affect children and their families, students and their futures, and, ultimately, the way we see ourselves and those around us. Last Boat Out of Shanghai brings a poignant personal angle to the experiences of refugees then and, by extension, today. “Zia’s portraits are compassionate and heartbreaking, and they are, ultimately, the universal story of many families who leave their homeland as refugees and find less-than-welcoming circumstances on the other side.”—Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club
in-8, 173 pages, broché, couverture illustrée à rabats. Bon etat. [TX-10]
Un volume broché de format in 8° de 176 pp.; illustrations érotiques en noir dans le texte; couverture illustrée, à rabats. Bel état. Voir les photos.
3 catalogues. 26cm x 21cm. 58; 18; 18 p. Original wrappers with coloured illustrated title to cover. Boards with some staining, inside in very good condition. With numerous coloured illustrations of the paintings on plates. Introductory texts in Chinese and English.
8vo, br. ed. pp.288. Nel '68, gli studenti manifestavano sventolando il Libretto rosso del presidente Mao. Nel frattempo, in Cina, la Rivoluzione culturale mieteva vittime proprio tra i giovani. Una di questi, al tempo studentessa di musica, decide pochi anni fa di ignorare l'insegnamento del padre, di «andarsene in silenzio, senza lasciare traccia», e raccontare invece la sua storia, e quella di un'intera generazione di giovani sottoposta a un diffuso lavaggio del cervello e convinta della giustezza di un'ideologia che li costringeva alla delazione e alla denuncia, oltre a togliere loro ogni libertà. Uccidendoli anche nell'anima: commoventi il rimorso, il dolore e il pentimento di Zhu Xiao-Mei per aver creduto alle menzogne del maoismo e avere agito di conseguenza. È anche per «chiedere scusa», che l'autrice scrive, ed è proprio il pentimento, tra i tanti sentimenti contrastanti, ad animare la sua scrittura. Nata in una di quelle famiglie che al tempo vennero disgregate ed etichettate con il bollo infamante «di cattive origini», cioè di musicisti e intellettuali, Zhu Xiao-Mei viene internata per cinque anni in un campo di rieducazione ai confini con la Mongolia. La storia di come le note di una fisarmonica risveglino in lei l'amore per la musica e la spingano a procurarsi avventurosamente un pianoforte è raccontata con semplicità, la stessa che aggiunge pathos involontario al resoconto dei mille soprusi perpetrati dai sorveglianti sugli internati. Il potere salvifico della musica anche in circostanze orribili è un tema trattato diffusamente in letteratura a proposito della Shoah, ma Zhu Xiao-Mei aggiunge una quantità di riflessioni inedite, e racconta il percorso a dir poco accidentato che la porta negli Stati Uniti, le difficoltà che affronta per continuare a studiare pianoforte, per poi approdare a Parigi dove dà il primo concerto, dedicato a Bach. Il compositore che per lei indica una «via» molto simile a quella del Tao. Suonerà le Variazioni Goldberg ovunque, e la sua esecuzione è diventata un culto.
Paperback. Very Good. From Publishers Weekly The Chinese Cultural Revolution lasted from 1966 to 1976, and reactions to it have dominated Chinese writing since. The so-called "Chinese Western" examines the impact of the Revolution on impoverished, isolated western China, regions profoundly entrenched in tradition. Each of the eight stylistically varied stories selected by Zhu Hong, a professor of American literature in Beijing who has also taught at Harvard, illuminates the bewilderment and undeniable courage of a people confronted by monumental change. In Jia Pingwua's nearly mythic "How Much Can a Man Bear?" the injustices of the Cultural Revolution are only a politicized form of existing enslavement: " 'Let me tell you,' " says a husband to his wife, " 'living, your body belongs to me, and dead, your ghost is mine!' " The urban student who narrates Zhu Xiaoping's "Chronicle of Mulberry Tree Village" observes a destitute rural village to which he has been sent for reeducation and concludes that its guileful inhabitants elude his ability to judge them. Wang Meng's "Anecdotes of Chairman Maimaiti" counters suffering with black humor; a failed author sentenced to labor "with writers he envied" jokes with them after Red Guards assault him for being an "evil liberal writer": " 'Who cares if you folks don't give me recognition! The people consider me a writer!' " One wishes stories by women had also been included, but with novel subjects, richly evoked settings and vivid, often poignant characterizations, this collection has wide appeal. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. ISBN: 0345351401
in italiano, legatura ed sovrac,
Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen.
8vo, pp.562, illutsr.
Horizontal format: ca. 19cm x 21,5cm. 117, (4) p. Original boards with title to spine and illustrated title to cover. Boards slightly worn, inside in very good condition. Text in English and Chinese. With numerous illustrations on plates.
21.5x14cm, grey boards gilt, 654pp, b&w frontis. 2nd ed. Novel set in post-liberation Shanghai, dealing with the 'transformation of the capitalist concerns and the changing outlook of the businessmen'. As new in dustwrapper.
12x18cm. 126 pages. Illustrated with colour plates & drawings throughout. Photographs by Wu Yinbo, Sun Jie, Zhong Junhua, Zheng Kejun. Drawings by Sun Junliang
PB 8vo FN/-- 1st Ed. Illustrated. 238 pages. Stated 1st ed. Glossy red cover with photo on stiff cardboard white wraps
Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. 79 pages. Color plates. Translation of: Zhongguo hua niao hua. Title also in Chinese on cover: Yu Zhizhen Liu Lishang hua ji.
cm. 31, rilegatura in piena tela con titolo in oro al dorso, sovracoperta illustrata; pp. 337, 256 tavole a piena pagina a colori nel testo
1 vol. 8vo. softcover, black and white ill. and photographies, University of Chinese People Press, 1994. 157 pp.. Text in Chinese language, only. ISBN 7-300-01941-2 Very nice copy of this book, that can be useful even for not Chinese-speaking readers, as plans and pictures already bring much information. (On the photographies of missionaries' tombstones for instance, epitaphs are written in both Mandarin and Latin.) Chinois
245 pages. "Her story is a graphic account of the Cultural Revolution's impact on China's youth." - Edmonton Journal. Prior owner's name and occasional markings. Light wear. Clean solid copy. Book
Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Stated First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
