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Mao’s Last Dancer
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AND BASIS FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTUREThe extraordinary memoir of a peasant boy raised in rural Maoist China who was plucked from his village to study ballet and went on to become one of the greatest dancers of his generation. From a desperately poor village in northeast China, at age eleven, Li Cunxin was chosen by Madame Mao’s cultural delegates to be taken from his rural home and brought to Beijing, where he would study ballet. In 1979, the young dancer arrived in Texas as part of a cultural exchange, only to fall in love with America-and with an American woman. Two years later, through a series of events worthy of the most exciting cloak-and-dagger fiction, he defected to the United States, where he quickly became known as one of the greatest ballet dancers in the world. This is his story, told in his own inimitable voice.
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| Weight | 0.5 kg |
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| Dimensions | 2.65 × 15.19 × 22.86 cm |
| PubliCanadation City/Country | USA |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Language | |
| Pages | 480 |
| Publisher | |
| Year Published | 2005-3-1 |
| Imprint | |
| ISBN 10 | 0425201333 |
| About The Author | Li Cunxin was born in a small village near the city of Qingdao, in northern China. At eighteen, he was selected to perform at the Houston Ballet, which led to a dramatic defection to the United States. He has performed as a soloist with the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet. |
“[A] fascinating memoir…told simply but passionately, with subtle humor and unguarded emotion.”—The Houston Chronicle“Mix Billy Elliot with Torn Curtain and you’ll have some of the tale in very broad outline…well-paced…full of adventures.”—Kirkus Reviews “Fascinating reading…unfolds with honesty, humor, and a quiet dignity. This book has wide appeal, for it concerns not only a dancer’s coming of age in a turbulent time but also individual strength, self-discovery, and the triumph of the human spirit.”—Library Journal“The facts of his life are astonishing on their own, but what makes Li Cunxin’s engrossing autobiography so captivating is his enthusiastic retelling of every twist and turn.”—Vogue (Australia) |
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| Table Of Content | Mao's Last DancerA Wedding: Qingdao, 1946Part One: My Childhood1. Home2. My Niang and Dia3. A Commune Childhood4. The Seven of Us5. Na-na6. Chairman Mao's Classroom7. Leaving HomePart Two: Beijing8. Feather in a Whirlwind9. The Caged Bird10. That First Lonely Year11. The Pen12. My Own Voice13. Teacher Xiao's Words14. Turning Points15. The Mango16. Change17. On the Way to the West18. The Filthy Capitalist America19. Good-bye, ChinaPart Three: The West20. Return to the Land of Freedom21. Elizabeth22. Defection23. My New Life24. A Millet Dream Come True25. No More Nightmares26. Russia27. Mary28. Going Home29. Back in My Village30. Another Wedding: Qingdao, 1988PostscriptThe Li Family TreeAcknowledgments |
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