René Leys par Victor soldes Segalen 2003 édition brochée NYRB

Product Name: René Leys par Victor soldes Segalen 2003 édition brochée NYRB
État：Très bon état Brand：NYRB Color：Multicolor soldes ISBN：1590170415
Rene Leys by Victor Segalen (2003 NYRB Softcover Edition)

In this entrancing story of spiritual adventure, a Westerner in Peking seeks the mystery at the heart of the Forbidden City. He takes as a tutor in Chinese the young Belgian René Leys, who claims to be in the know about strange goings-on in the Imperial Palace: love affairs, family quarrels, conspiracies that threaten the very existence of the empire. But whether truth-teller or trickster, the elusive and ever-charming René presents his increasingly dazzled disciple with a visionary glimpse of "an essential palace built upon the most magnificent foundations."

Vintage Softcover / New York Review Books / 2003 / Very Good Condition.