Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin
Title: Mao’s Last Dancer
Genre: Non Fiction – Autobiography
Author: Li Cunxin
From bitter poverty to the stardom of the West – this is the extraordinary true story of one boy’s great courage and determination. Large Paperback , Published by Penguin 2003. Good condition – some age spots on front page – remaining pages very good.
This is the true story of how one moment in time, by the thinnest thread of a chance, changed the course of a small boy's life in ways that are beyond description. From a desperately poor village in north-east China, this young peasant boy would one day dance with some of the greatest ballet companies of the world. One day he would be a friend to a president and the first lady, movie stars and the most influtential people in America and the darling of the West.
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