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Mao's Last Dancer
Mao's Last Dancer
Author: Li Cunxin
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. Tw...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780425201336
ISBN-10: 0425201333
Publication Date: 3/1/2005
Pages: 480
Rating:
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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4.2 stars, based on 19 ratings
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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Helpful Score: 2
Very interesting story of Chinese ballet dancer who grew up under the Gang of Four regime; he was sent at eleven to Beijing to study ballet and the details of his home life in a rural village, and his adjustment to the ballet school, and later to the Western world, are pretty fascinating. I enjoyed this book very much.
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Helpful Score: 1
One of my all-time favorite books, along with the movie. A rare situation where I actually enjoyed the movie before the book. Knowing the story does not take away from the book at all. Amazing, true story, one that I recommend to anyone who ask!
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