Mao's Last Dancer

In a compelling memori of life in Maoist China, the acclaimed dancer describes how he was swept from his poverty-stricken family in rural China to study ballet with the Peking Dance Academy, his rise to success in the world of Chinese ballet, his dramatic defection at age eighteen in the United States, and his new life in the West....

By Li Cunxin
Hardcover: 480 pages
Publisher: Putnam Adult; 1st edition (March 30, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 039915096X
ISBN-13: 978-0399150968
Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1.6 x 9.4 inches
Amazon Rank: 2221370
Format: PDF Text djvu book

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At the beginning of the book, he writes it from a young child's perspective and as he grows older, you see him develop into a man. I could relate to his story since I was adopted from India. I cried when he finally returned to China because I, too,

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