A Mortal Flower: China, Autobiography, History
by Suyin, Han
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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Carson City, Nevada, United States
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Synopsis
A Mortal Flower is a biography by Han Suyin. It covers the years 1928 to 1938: her growing up in China and her journey to Belgium and her mother's family. Also her marriage to a rising officer in the Kuomintang and the retreat to Chungking in the face of the Japanese invasion of China.
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- Bookseller
- MagicCarpetBooks.com (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010452
- Title
- A Mortal Flower: China, Autobiography, History
- Author
- Suyin, Han
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons (1966).
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- Biography, History, 1930s, Asia, China, Peking, Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Tse-tung
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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