Mao's Last Dancer

Informationen zum Autor Li Cunxin was born in a village near the city of Qingdao, northern China, in 1961. At the age of eleven, he was chosen to become a student at the Beijing Dance Academy. After attending a summer school in America, he defected to the West and became a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet. Li now lives in Australia with his wife and their three children. Klappentext Li Cunxin was born in a village near the city of Qingdao, northern China, in 1961. At the age of eleven, he was chosen to become a student at the Beijing Dance Academy. After attending a summer school in America, he defected to the West and became a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet. Li now lives in Australia with his wife and their three children. Zusammenfassung Written by the author who was raised in a desperately poor village during the height of China's Cultural Revolution, this book tells the story of how he came to be Mao's last dancer.

Product details

• Authors: Li Cunxin, Cunxin Li, Li Cunxin
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.04.2009
• EAN: 9780141040226
• ISBN: 978-0-14-104022-6
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 197 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; USA, China, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Classical & Ballet, Ballet, United States of America, USA, Children’s / Teenage fiction: True stories told as fiction