Mao's Last Dancer book-new-arrivals-2025-06-25 as an old woman isolated

as an old woman isolated by an uncompromising pride and by the stern virtues she has inherited from her pioneer ancestors

A compulsively readable debut novel about marriage

during the Nazi invasion

Murray argues

and a deep compassion for its characters

Mao's Last Dancer book-new-arrivals-2025-06-25 as an old woman isolatedRaised in a desperately poor village during the height of China's Cultural Revolution, Li Cunxin's childhood revolved around the commune, his family and Chairman Mao's Little Red Book. Until, that is, Madame Mao's cultural delegates came in search of young peasants to study ballet at the academy in Beijing and he was thrust into a completely unfamiliar world. When a trip to Texas as part of a rare cultural exchange opened his eyes to life and love