The Chinese Emperor por Levi, Jean - 1987-10-01

Harcourt Trade Publishers. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Harcourt Trade Publishers, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harcourt Trade Publishers. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1987. A hard covered library withdrawal in the plastic protective covers. The last blank cover page has been ripped out by the library leaving a jagged edge. Some tanning to the page edge. There is light scuff to the covers and the page edge. The book has been stamped at the page edge by the library. This book remains useful.. Hard Cover. Good.

Harcourt, 1987. First English Translation. Hardback, Dustjacket. Very Good, some yellowing of pages.

San Diego, ET AL: Harcourt Brace & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. First Printing. Hardcover. 0151176493 .

Paperback. Very Good.

San Diego, CA, U.S.A.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987.. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. 1987.

NY: Harcourt Brace. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hard Cover. In third century B. C. Ch'in, as that alien world is depicted in this extraordinary feat of scholarship and imaginative representation, modes of behavior were exotic, at least from a modern vantage point. A malicious courtier induces the susceptible prince to decapitate a loyal official, then throws his body to the fishes, leaving his eyes for the birds to peck. Another "honest subject of the state" is made mincemeat of, pickled and sold in the marketplace. A knight-errant admires the hands of a ravishing lutist and is presented with them, exquisitely boxed. In the afterword, Levi insists that this is neither a work of history nor a historical novel, as it portrays no "characters" in any dramatic or conventional sense. It is a really a "political fable" based on historical documents concerning the turbulent, war-torn period out of which the First Empire emerged. As such, Levi projects with a fine hand events that left permanent… Ler mais

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