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London : Fourth Estate, 2000. |
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| ISBN: |
1841152684 0679450009 1841152692 |
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| Description: |
312 p. ; 24 cm. |
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Also published: New York : Random House, c2000. London : Fourth Estate, 2001. |
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| Summary: |
Beautiful, charismatic, and destructive May escapes an arranged marriage in rural China for life in a Shanghai brothel, where, in 1899, she meets Arthur. Even as a member of the Foot Emancipation Society, he finds himself immediately and helplessly seduced by the sight of her bound feet. |
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http://search.aucklandcitylibraries.com/accessible.ashx?itemid=|library/marc/acl-iii|b1021298
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| Rating: |
5 out of 5: They loved it |
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Subliem by kaatje64 |
| Harrison schrijft alsof ze erbij was. |
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