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“xinran xue”

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  • The Book of Secrets

    A Personal History of Betrayal in Red China

    by Xinran Xue ...
    The story of a family in modern China with a history of deceit, betrayal and political intrigue, and the communist party's long shadow over them, from the Cultural Revolution to today.Following the lives of military intelligence officer Jie and his wife Moon, The Book of Secrets weaves recently found material into a narrative that not only illuminates the shadowy world of intelligence in China, ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Promise

    Love and Loss in Modern China

    by Xinran Xue ...
    Translated by William Spence ...
    Shortlisted for the Society of Authors Translation Prize 2019At the start of the twentieth century in China, the Hans were married in an elaborate ceremony before they were even born. While their future was arranged by their families, this couple had much to be grateful for. Not only did they come from similar backgrounds – and as such were recognized as a good match - they also had a shared ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Promise

    Love and Loss in Modern China

    by Xinran Xue ...
    Translated by William Spence ...
    At the start of the twentieth century in China, the Hans were married in an elaborate ceremony before they were even born. While their future was arranged by their families, this couple had much to be grateful for. Not only did they come from similar backgrounds – and as such were recognized as a good match - they also had a shared passion in their deep love of ancient Chinese poetry. They went on ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    The Book of Secrets

    A Personal History of Betrayal in Red China

    by Xinran Xue ...
    Narrated by Crystal Yu, Daniel York Loh ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 3 min

    Bloomsbury presents The Book of Secrets by Xinran Xue, read by Daniel York Loh and Crystal Yu.**‘An extraordinary firsthand account of Communist Party machinery at its most brutal and paranoid’ --**Sunday TelegraphPicked as Hilary Spurling's Book of the Year in The Spectator.The spellbinding story of the secret life of a spy in modern China, drawn from an extraordinary archive of p... ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Promise

    Love and Loss in Modern China

    by Xinran Xue ...
    Narrated by Jennifer Lim ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 18 min

    Bloomsbury presents The Promise by Xinran Xue, read by Jennifer Lim.A spellbinding and magical narrative, this is the story of modern China through the women who lived through it.At the start of the twentieth century in China, the Hans were married in an elaborate ceremony before they were even born. They went on to have nine children and chose colours portrayed in some of their favourite poems as ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

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    Also available as: eBooks

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    Voices from a Silent Generation

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  • A Leaf In The Bitter Wind

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