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City of Lingering Splendor : A Frank Account of Old Peking's Exotic Pleasures by John. Blofeld (2001, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherShambhala Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-101570626375
ISBN-139781570626371
eBay Product ID (ePID)1606817
Product Key Features
Book TitleCity of Lingering Splendor : a Frank Account of Old Peking's Exotic Pleasures
Number of Pages264 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEssays & Travelogues, Asia / China
Publication Year2001
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, History
AuthorJohn. Blofeld
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight12.8 Oz
Item Length8.7 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN89-101139
SynopsisIn his early twenties, John Blofeld spent what he describes as "three exquisitely happy years" in Peking during the era of the last emperor, when the breathtaking greatness of China's ancient traditions was still everywhere evident. Arriving in 1934, he found a city imbued with the atmosphere of the recent imperial past and haunted by the powerful spirit of the late Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi. He entered a world of magnificent palaces and temples of the Forbidden City, of lotus-covered lakes and lush pleasure-gardens, of bustling bazaars and peaceful bathhouses, and of "flower houses" with their beautiful young courtesans versed in the arts of pleasing men. With a novelists' command of detail and dialogue, Blofeld vividly re-creates the magic of these years and conveys to the reader his appreciation and nostalgia for a way of life long vanished., In his early twenties, John Blofeld spent what he describes as three exquisitely happy years" in Peking during the era of the last emperor, when the breathtaking greatness of China's ancient traditions was still everywhere evident. Arriving in 1934, he found a city imbued with the atmosphere of the recent imperial past and haunted by the powerful spirit of the late Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi. He entered a world of magnificent palaces and temples of the Forbidden City, of lotus-covered lakes and lush pleasure-gardens, of bustling bazaars and peaceful bathhouses, and of "flower houses" with their beautiful young courtesans versed in the arts of pleasing men. With a novelist's command of detail and dialogue, Blofeld vividly re-creates the magic of these years and conveys to the reader his appreciation and nostalgia for a way of life long vanished.
LC Classification NumberDS795
