Evening Chats in Beijing = Tapa dura - 1992

W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Used - Good. hardcover This item shows wear from consistent use but remains in good readable condition. It may have marks on or in it, and may show other signs of previous use or shelf wear. May have minor creases or signs of wear on dust jacket. Packed with care, shipped promptly.

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1992. First Printing . Hard Back. Near Fine/Very Good. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2. 321 Pages. Indexed. Purple boards with gray cloth quarter-spine and gold lettering. Dust jacket price $24.95 is unclipped. Red remainder Not for Resale on all three page edges. No internal marks or stamps and text is flawless. Link takes us behind the closed doors and official language of the party's China and into the lives and thoughts of China's leading intellectual dissidents. Here first-hand is the depair of lives corneered by oppressive party rule as well as the hope that continues to animate these heirs to China'srich cultural traditions. Link shows the intricate cruelties and corruptions of the work-unit system, which lies at the heart of party power in China's cities. He exposes the official language that is the medium for all public communications, and the divide between this and the informal language Chinese use in their private relations. He explores the identity crisis… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1992-08-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!