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Wood Frances

The Lure of China: Writers from Marco Polo to J. G. Ballard

Long River Press 2009,

20.00 €

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(Roma, Italy)

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Author
Wood Frances
Publishers
Long River Press 2009
Keyword
CINA China Chine
Cover description
As New
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
As New
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

8vo, hardcover in dj, 283pp., b/w. illus. For centuries, Western writers, historians, and intellectuals have been fascinated by China. In this remarkable book, Frances Wood shows how China influenced literature, memoir, and travel writing from vague Roman tales of silent silk merchants and medieval travelers such as Marco Polo, to Jesuit explorers, French poets, the Bloomsbury Group, and eyewitness accounts of war by Martha Gellhorn, Christopher Isherwood, and J.G. Ballard. What emerges is a fascinating portrait of the role of China in Western literature and culture. Frances Wood is the best-selling author of Did Marco Polo Go to China?, The Silk Road, The Forbidden City, and The First Emperor. About the Author: Frances Wood is the author of "Did Marco Polo go to China"; "The Silk Road"; "The Forbidden City"; and "The First Emperor." She is Curator of the Chinese collections in the British Library.
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