Mao's Last Dancer (English and Mandarin Chinese Edition)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
067004024X
ISBN 13
9780670040247
Category
Unknown
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Publication Year
2003
Publisher
Pages
445
Description
The true story of a poor Chinese peasant boy who, plucked unsuspectingly at the age of ten from millions of others across the land to be trained as a ballet dancer, turned the situation to his advantage to become one of the world's greatest ballet stars. Simply told, with charm, humour and compassion and at times, great drama. His childhood, despite the terrible hardships, is drawn with love and affection and contrasts starkly with the seven lonely years of gruelling training at the Peking Dance Academy. At the age of l8, Li performs at the Houston Ballet school in the US, which leads to his dramatic defection. This is a condensed edition, specially for younger readers, and has an Afterword especially for children. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
