Mao's last dancer. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Li Cunxin.
• Other Names: Li, Cunxin, 1961-
• Contents: I: My childhood -- 1. Home -- 2. My Niang and Dia -- 3. A commune childhood -- 4. The seven of us -- 5. Na-na -- 6. Chairman Mao's classroom -- 7. Leaving home -- II: Beijing -- 8. Feather in a whirlwind -- 9. The caged bird -- 10. That first lonely year -- 11. The pen -- 12. My own voice -- 13. Teacher Xiao's words -- 14. Turning points -- 15. The mango -- 16. Change -- 17. On the way to the West -- 18. The filthy capitalist America -- 19. Goodbye China -- III: The West -- 20. Return to the land of freedom -- 21. Elizabeth -- 22. Defection -- 23. My new life -- 24. A millet dream come true -- 25. No more nightmares -- 26. Russia -- 27. Mary -- 28. Going home -- 29. Back in my village -- 30. Another wedding, Qingdao, 1988.
• Publisher Details: London : Penguin
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (448 pages)
• Subjects: 792.8092; PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Classical & Ballet; Ballet dancers; Defectors; Ballet; Ballet dancers -- China -- Biography; Defectors -- China -- Biography; China; Biography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780141918907
• Related ISBNs: 014191890X
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.