false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173497814m/298137.jpg 298137 20 From a desperately poor village in northeast China, at age eleven, Li Cunxin was chosen by Madame Mao's cultural delegates to be taken from his rural home and brought to Beijing, where he would study ballet. In 1979, the young dancer arrived in Texas as part of a cultural exchange, only to fall in love with America-and with an American woman. Two years later, through a series of events worthy of the most exciting cloak-and-dagger fiction, he defected to the United States, where he quickly became known as one of the greatest ballet dancers in the world. This is his story, told in his own inimitable voice. 289250 book 2003 Mao's Last Dancer total:808|5:267|4:368|3:130|2:36|1:7| 808 3276 1232 209 4 1 false false Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 07:04:35 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 14:16:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 16:03:22 -0800 2008 Thu Sep 10 08:29:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 16:19:22 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 18:00:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 10 07:42:16 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 07:43:00 -0700 2009 Et puis, un jour, par un hasard t...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 19:35:04 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 19:41:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 21:34:39 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 07:56:40 -0800 2009 1

Under the crushing poverty prevailing throughout China during Mao's communist reign, Li Cunxin's life began. He was one of seven boys born to peasant parents in a commune called Quingdao. With newspaper to cover ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 04 23:06:29 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 23:06:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 19:55:16 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 11:58:00 -0800 2009
The thing I found interesting in this book was the contrast between what Li had been told about America and what he saw and experi...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 06 23:56:56 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 23:59:12 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Oct 28 15:13:56 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 15:16:53 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 18:03:12 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 18:03:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Nov 28 10:52:59 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 11:05:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 08 19:42:26 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 19:59:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 04:49:44 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 04:09:09 -0700 2008 1 - easy to read
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This is exactly what Li Cunxin conjured up in writing his autobiography "...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 26 20:04:25 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 08 17:47:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 05 01:28:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 12 03:03:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Fri Jun 13 10:04:40 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 10:10:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Apr 27 17:42:51 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 17:59:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Feb 19 19:20:24 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 21:14:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false true Mon May 11 15:44:56 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 13:46:34 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 15:44:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=298137