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This beguiling story is woven around the life of Fragrant Lotus, who has her feet bound in the supreme Golden Lotus style when she is six years old. Events in Fragrants Lotus' life twist and unfold in a series of witty and often wicked ironies, obliterating easy distinctions between kindness and cruelty, history and fable, forgery and authentic work. The novel's waggish narrator exists in the tension between judgement and description, wryly deflating his reader's certainties along the way. Written in 1985, The Three-Inch Golden Lotus is a deeply affecting, thoroughly enjoyable literary revelation.
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This beguiling story is woven around the life of Fragrant Lotus, who has her fee bound in the supreme golden Lotus style when she is six years old. Events in Fragrant Lotus' life twist and unfold in a series of witty and often wicked ironies, obliterating easy distinctions between kindness and cruelty, history ad fable, forgery and authentic work.
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The Three-inch Golden Lotus: A Novel on Foot Binding
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University of Hawai'i Press, 1994
ISBN 10: 0824816064
ISBN 13: 9780824816063
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Paperback. Condition: Good. This beguiling story is woven around the life of Fragrant Lotus, who has her feet bound in the supreme Golden Lotus style when she is six years old. Events in Fragrants Lotus' life twist and unfold in a series of witty and often wicked ironies, obliterating easy distinctions between kindness and cruelty, history and fable, forgery and authentic work. The novel's waggish narrator exists in the tension between judgement and description, wryly deflating his reader's certainties along the way. Written in 1985, The Three-Inch Golden Lotus is a deeply affecting, thoroughly enjoyable literary revelation. Seller Inventory # 00096657512
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The Three-inch Golden Lotus: A Novel on Foot Binding
Published by
University of Hawai'i Press, 1994
ISBN 10: 0824816064
ISBN 13: 9780824816063
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This beguiling story is woven around the life of Fragrant Lotus, who has her feet bound in the supreme Golden Lotus style when she is six years old. Events in Fragrants Lotus' life twist and unfold in a series of witty and often wicked ironies, obliterating easy distinctions between kindness and cruelty, history and fable, forgery and authentic work. The novel's waggish narrator exists in the tension between judgement and description, wryly deflating his reader's certainties along the way. Written in 1985, The Three-Inch Golden Lotus is a deeply affecting, thoroughly enjoyable literary revelation. Seller Inventory # 00100051118
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The Three-Inch Golden Lotus : A Novel on Foot Binding
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ISBN 13: 9780824816063
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Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 1021214-6
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The Three-Inch Golden Lotus : A Novel on Foot Binding
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ISBN 10: 0824816064
ISBN 13: 9780824816063
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The Three-inch Golden Lotus: A Novel on Foot Binding
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ISBN 10: 0824816064
ISBN 13: 9780824816063
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Paperback. Condition: Good. This beguiling story is woven around the life of Fragrant Lotus, who has her feet bound in the supreme Golden Lotus style when she is six years old. Events in Fragrants Lotus' life twist and unfold in a series of witty and often wicked ironies, obliterating easy distinctions between kindness and cruelty, history and fable, forgery and authentic work. The novel's waggish narrator exists in the tension between judgement and description, wryly deflating his reader's certainties along the way. Written in 1985, The Three-Inch Golden Lotus is a deeply affecting, thoroughly enjoyable literary revelation. Seller Inventory # CIN0824816064G
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The Three-inch Golden Lotus: A Novel on Foot Binding
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ISBN 10: 0824816064
ISBN 13: 9780824816063
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This beguiling story is woven around the life of Fragrant Lotus, who has her feet bound in the supreme Golden Lotus style when she is six years old. Events in Fragrants Lotus' life twist and unfold in a series of witty and often wicked ironies, obliterating easy distinctions between kindness and cruelty, history and fable, forgery and authentic work. The novel's waggish narrator exists in the tension between judgement and description, wryly deflating his reader's certainties along the way. Written in 1985, The Three-Inch Golden Lotus is a deeply affecting, thoroughly enjoyable literary revelation. Seller Inventory # CIN0824816064VG
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