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The crippled tree : China : biography, history, autobiography / Han Suyin
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The crippled tree : China : biography, history, autobiography / Han Suyin

by Suyin Han

The first volume of an autobiography presenting a panorama of Chinese history from 1885 to 1928, as witnessed and experienced by the writer and her family.

Accession 11143 ISBN 0224610058 Publisher Jonathan Cape
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