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Mao's Last Dancer

By Li Cunxin

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| eBook | 9780141918907

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Raised in a desperately poor village during the height of China's Cultural Revolution, Li Cunxin's childhood revolved around the commune, his family and Chairman Mao's Little Red Book.

Until, that is, Madame Mao's cultural delegates came in search of young peasants to study ballet Continue

Raised in a desperately poor village during the height of China's Cultural Revolution, Li Cunxin's childhood revolved around the commune, his family and Chairman Mao's Little Red Book.



Until, that is, Madame Mao's cultural delegates came in search of young peasants to study ballet at the academy in Beijing and he was thrust into a completely unfamiliar world.



When a trip to Texas as part of a rare cultural exchange opened his eyes to life and love beyond China's borders, he defected to the United States in an extraordinary and dramatic tale of Cold War intrigue.



Told in his own distinctive voice, this is Li's inspirational story of how he came to be Mao's last dancer, and one of the world's greatest ballet dancers.

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  • I have read this twice, and shared parts of it with my Chinese students who are learning English. It brought back many memories for them. I loved the detail of everyday lives.
    I found it interesting that he now lives in Melbourne and works as a stockbroker, and that his daughter is deaf. She n ... (continue)

    I have read this twice, and shared parts of it with my Chinese students who are learning English. It brought back many memories for them. I loved the detail of everyday lives.
    I found it interesting that he now lives in Melbourne and works as a stockbroker, and that his daughter is deaf. She now has a cochlear implant.

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    Janh said on Dec 20, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • I wasn't interested in this book but I kept hearing so many good things about it, so I got it from the library. I am so glad I did. I really enjoyed it and really find myself even wishing for more stories from his childhood. It's an amazing, inspirational book to me and I definitely recommend it t ... (continue)

    I wasn't interested in this book but I kept hearing so many good things about it, so I got it from the library. I am so glad I did. I really enjoyed it and really find myself even wishing for more stories from his childhood. It's an amazing, inspirational book to me and I definitely recommend it to everyone!

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    Deanna Kyre said on Mar 26, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  • English Books
  • eBook 432 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 014191890X
  • ISBN-13: 9780141918907
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Pub date: Apr 02, 2009
  • Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette and Others
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