Historias De Pekín

Historias De Pekín

Second Edition, Second edition

Paperback (01 Feb 2006) | Spanish

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Publisher's Synopsis

David Kidd lived in the city of Peking from 1946 to 1950, and in 1949, when the communists had just come to power, he married the daughter of an aristocratic and wealthy Chinese family and spent the rest of his days in the city living in his wife's family mansion. There he witnessed the disappearance of Ancient China: the revolution quickly suppressed ancient traditions and old forms of life. This book contains his memories from those years: the intimate portrait of an elegant and refined world, of ancient customs, a memorable and moving portrait because the world it describes would be ruthlessly destroyed.

 

David Kidd vivió desde 1946 a 1950 en la ciudad de Pekìn, y en 1949, cuando los comunistas acababan de llegar al poder, se casó con la hija de una aristocrática y acaudalada familia china y pasó el tiempo que le restaba en la ciudad instalado en la mansión familiar de su esposa. Allì se convertirìa en testigo de la desaparición de la China milenaria: la revolución iba a suprimir rápidamente las antiguas tradiciones y las viejas formas de vida. Este libro contiene sus memorias de aquellos años: el retrato ìntimo de un mundo elegante y refinado, de viejas costumbres milenarias, un retrato memorable y conmovedor porque el mundo que se describe iba a ser implacablemente destruido.

Book information

ISBN: 9788493431556
Publisher: Libros del Asteroide
Imprint: Libros del Asteroide
Pub date:
Edition: Second Edition, Second edition
Language: Spanish
Number of pages: 238
Weight: 227g
Height: 198mm
Width: 124mm
Spine width: 15mm