René Leys
| Author | : Victor Segalen |
| Publisher | : NYRB Classics |
| Total Pages | : 244 |
| Release | : 2003-07-31 |
| ISBN-10 | : WISC:89084350453 |
| ISBN-13 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book René Leys written by Victor Segalen and published by NYRB Classics. This book was released on 2003-07-31 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this entrancing story of spiritual adventure, a Westerner in Peking seeks the mystery at the heart of the Forbidden City. He takes as a tutor in Chinese the young Belgian René Leys, who claims to be in the know about strange goings-on in the Imperial Palace: love affairs, family quarrels, conspiracies that threaten the very existence of the empire. But whether truth-teller or trickster, the elusive and ever-charming René presents his increasingly dazzled disciple with a visionary glimpse of "an essential palace built upon the most magnificent foundations."
