Book by Segalen Victor
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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 René 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 René presents his increasingly dazzled disciple with a visionary glimpse of "an essential palace built upon the most magnificent foundations."
"Strange and memorable...Segalen had seen the truth in his lies and has left them this beautiful endorsement." --The Japan Times
"An allegorical novel of Being [that] beneath the mask of irony Segalen poured into this book all the anguish of man in thrall to his limitations...this is the novel of the Impossibility of Knowing." --Henri Bouillier
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Vendeur : Price-less Books, Urbana, IL, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : VG. Paperback. VG. pp. 223, light corner wear, light rubbing. N° de réf. du vendeur 113007
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Vendeur : Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, Etats-Unis
paperback. Etat : Good. Book shows some shelf & handling wear. Pages are minimally worn on their external edges. Interiors are clean with unmarked text/pictures. Binding intact and firm. N° de réf. du vendeur mon0004024750
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Vendeur : Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Acceptable. damaged copy, for reading only Standard-sized. N° de réf. du vendeur 0879513500-01
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Vendeur : Montclair Book Center, Montclair, NJ, Etats-Unis
Trade Paperback. Etat : USED Good. N° de réf. du vendeur 303797
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Vendeur : gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, Etats-Unis
Trade Paperback. Etat : Like New. Betsy Scheldë (Cover Design and Art) (illustrateur). 223 pp. Clean, fresh copy with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. N° de réf. du vendeur 1iDi0038
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Vendeur : Approximations, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. First thus. Trade paperback. "A Tusk Book." Light to moderate foxing to upper text block. Minor foxing to text block fore edge. Faint angled crease to front cover. Hint of light wear to corners. Straight spine. Translated by J. A. Underwood. Black and white map. 223pp. Octavo. N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1758799226537
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