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M. Butterfly [Author inscribed]; by David Henry Hwang ; with an afterword by the playwright
de Hwang, David Henry
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0452264669
- ISBN 13
- 9780452264663
- Librería
-
Oakland, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York, N.Y.: Penguin ("A Plume book."), 1989. First ed., 5th printing. Paperback. Fine. Large octavo in grey illus glossy wraps; 100 pages ; 21 cm. Inscribed by author on front wrapper verso. || "During the Cultural Revolution in China in the mid-1960s, a French diplomat falls in love with a singer in the Beijing Opera, not knowing that the object of his affection is a man. Interwoven with allusions to the Puccini opera "Madama Butterfly", a story of love and betrayal unfolds." || Diplomats -- France -- Drama. Singers -- China -- Drama. Espionage, Chinese -- Drama. Sex in espionage -- Drama. Love -- Drama. Deception -- Drama. Female impersonators -- Drama. Actors -- China -- Drama. Actors. Deception. Diplomats. Espionage, Chinese. Female impersonators. Love. Sex in espionage. Singers. Drama. Drama.
Sinopsis
Based on a true story that stunned the world, M. Butterfly opens in the cramped prison cell where diplomat Rene Gallimard is being held captive by the French government—and by his own illusions. In the darkness of his cell he recalls a time when desire seemed to give him wings. A time when Song Liling, the beautiful Chinese diva, touched him with a love as vivid, as seductive—and as elusive—as a butterfly.How could he have known, then, that his ideal woman was, in fact, a spy for the Chinese government—and a man disguised as a woman? In a series of flashbacks, the diplomat relives the twenty-year affair from the temptation to the seduction, from its consummation to the scandal that ultimately consumed them both. But in the end, there remains only one truth: Whether or not Gallimard's passion was a flight of fancy, it sparked the most vigorous emotions of his life.Only in real life could love become so unreal. And only in such a dramatic tour de force do we learn how...
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- Librería
- Bibliope by Calvello Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 87339
- Título
- M. Butterfly [Author inscribed]; by David Henry Hwang ; with an afterword by the playwright
- Autor
- Hwang, David Henry
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First ed., 5th printing
- ISBN 10
- 0452264669
- ISBN 13
- 9780452264663
- Editorial
- Penguin ("A Plume book.")
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, N.Y.
- Fecha de publicación
- 1989
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