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NONFICTION Chinese Shadows by Simon Leys. A Belgian-born Sinologist argues persuasively that China, far from being a classless society, is a tyranny ruled by a privileged clique of bureaucrats and generals. Coming into the Country by John McPhee. Three lengthy bulletins on Alaska, handcrafted out of diligent reporting and...
NONFICTION: Chinese Shadows, Simon Leys -The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh,edited by Michael Davie Parallel Botany, Leo Lionni -Ring, Jonathan Yardley -The River Congo, Peter Forbath
NONFICTION: Chinese Shadows, Simon Leys ∙The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh, edited by Michael Davie ∙Ring, Jonathan Yardley ∙The Totalitarian Temptation, Jean-François Revel William Morris, E. P. Thompson
Chinese Shadows, Simon Leys
In fact, Leys makes a convincing case for his charge that Peking itself is "a murdered town, a disfigured ghost of what was once one of the most beautiful cities in the world." The fabulous imperial Forbidden City remains; so does the exquisitely harmonious Temple of Heaven -marred only by...