The first of the late acclaimed Chinese author Eileen Chang's novels to be written in English, THE RICE-SPROUT SONG portrays the horror and absurdity that the land-reform movement brings to a southern village in China during the early 1950s. Chang's chilling depiction of the peasants' desperate attempts to survive both the impending famine and government abuse makes for spellbinding reading.
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The first of the late acclaimed Chinese author Eileen Chang's novels to be written in English, THE RICE-SPROUT SONG portrays the horror and absurdity that the land-reform movement brings to a southern village in China during the early 1950s. Chang's chilling depiction of the peasants' desperate attempts to survive both the impending famine and government abuse makes for spellbinding reading.
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Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 182 p. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.
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Good. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing and/or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).
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Good. 5" x 8" Underlining to approx 15 pages, else pages clean; binding tight; creases, store stickers & moderate wear to covers. 182 pages. Foreword by David Der-wei Wang.
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Good. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).
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Good in Good dust jacket in Good jacket. First Scribner; "A" present. Crisp, clean pages show only a hint of toning around the edges; no owners' marks; spine is canted, but binding remains square and secure; quarter cloth cover shows softening, shelf rubbing, and light fraying at spine ends and some rubbing at the corners of the green, marbled paper boards, otherwise lovely, with gilt titles and decoration at front and spine. Jacket bears open chipping at corners and spine ends, modest sunning at the spine, a line of light surface rubbing down the middle front and another at the middle rear, lines of surface wear at foreedges and spine sides with one small, open chip at the middle right rear edge, and some chipping around the head and heel edges, otherwise attractive, unclipped, now protected in a clear sleeve. 182pp.; this famous and influential author's first novel in English.
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Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 182 p. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.