Raised in a desperately poor village during the height of China's Cultural Revolution, Li Cunxin's childhood revolved around the commune, his family and Chairman Mao's Little Red Book. Until, that is, Madame Mao's cultural delegates came in search of young peasants to study ballet at the academy in Beijing and he was thrust into a completely unfamiliar world. When a trip to Texas as part of a rare cultural exchange opened his eyes to life and love beyond China's borders, he defected to the United States in an ...
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Raised in a desperately poor village during the height of China's Cultural Revolution, Li Cunxin's childhood revolved around the commune, his family and Chairman Mao's Little Red Book. Until, that is, Madame Mao's cultural delegates came in search of young peasants to study ballet at the academy in Beijing and he was thrust into a completely unfamiliar world. When a trip to Texas as part of a rare cultural exchange opened his eyes to life and love beyond China's borders, he defected to the United States in an extraordinary and dramatic tale of Cold War intrigue. Told in his own distinctive voice, this is Li's inspirational story of how he came to be Mao's last dancer, and one of the world's greatest ballet dancers.
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Fine in None Issued jacket. 444 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. In A Small, Desperately Poor Village In Northeast China, A Young Peasant Boy Sits At His Rickety Old School Desk, Interested More In The Birds Outside Than In Chairman Mao's Red Book And The Grand Words It Contains.
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Very Good in None Issued jacket. 444 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. In A Small, Desperately Poor Village In Northeast China, A Young Peasant Boy Sits At His Rickety Old School Desk, Interested More In The Birds Outside Than In Chairman Mao's Red Book And The Grand Words It Contains.
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Fine in None Issued jacket. 444 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. In A Small, Desperately Poor Village In Northeast China, A Young Peasant Boy Sits At His Rickety Old School Desk, Interested More In The Birds Outside Than In Chairman Mao's Red Book And The Grand Words It Contains.