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Bezig met laden... The Maker of Heavenly Trousers (1935)door Daniele Vare
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Charming, evocative tale of love in China; a foreign journalist/author living in Peking during WW1 looks after a homeless young Italian girl and as she grows up he falls in love with her. Brilliantly captures the strange flotsam and jetsam of westerners who drift in and out of China at that time, and the exotic cast of character's includes one of Rasputin's mistresses, and a Mongolian prince who has become a Buddhist Abbot. Daily life in Peking is shown with its amazing combination of squalour and luxury. A really delightful read ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
A Peking love story first published in 1935, The Maker of Heavenly Trousers tells the story of an unnamed foreign bachelor who lives in a courtyard dwelling alone but for the Five Virtues, the nickname for a family of mischievous Chinese servants who run his household as they please. It is they who take pity on their neighbour, Kuniang (literally, 'young girl'), whose father is rarely in Peking, inviting her to come and join them in their master's home. Independent and free-spirited, Kuniang is swept into a life of excitement, fleeting friendships and family. She encounters eccentrics, millionaires and a shadowy former mistress of Rasputin, gains many admirers and slowly she captures the heart of her guardian as well. But when Kuniang is unwittingly pulled into a strange and dark Eastern hypnosis a terrifying vision threatens their prospects and their charmed and charming world very nearly comes crashing down around them. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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