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Kinkley, Jeffrey C. - The Odyssey of Shen Congwen

Title: The Odyssey of Shen Congwen
Description: Stanford, CA, Stanford University Press, 1987. Hardcover. Orange cloth boards with black lettering, Orange dj wih b/w illustration. ix, 464 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations. Contents: A youth in west Hunan -- Adolescence : Shen Congwen and hist region find their own way -- The romantic young man of Peking -- The origins of Shen Congwen's literary regionalism -- Country folk, plain and exotic -- Urban man : facing a void between youth and death -- Fighting for autonomy. G Ex-lib copy. Library stamps on bookblock, spine and ffep. Library card holder and sticker on back end page.

Keywords: Biography / Autobiography ; Shen Congwen ; ;

Price: US$ 80.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 184075

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