The porcelain thief : searching the Middle Kingdom for buried China
Hsu, Huan2015
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In 1938, with the Japanese army approaching from Nanking, Huan Hsu's great-great grandfather, Liu, and his five granddaughters were forced to flee their hometown on the banks of the Yangtze River. But before they left, a hole was dug as deep as a man, and as wide as a bedroom, in which was stowed the family heirlooms. Among their possessions was Liu's prized porcelain collection. Huan Hsu's fascinating record of his family history combines with accounts of great change in China, and perhaps reveals the secret hiding place of his grandfather's porcelain.
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Author:
Hsu, Huan, author
Imprint:
London : Fourth Estate, 2015.
Collation:
x, 380 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9780007479436 (hbk)9780007479429 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
951'.042'092
Language:
English
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BRN:
269643
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