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The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up (Uncorrected Bound Galley)
by Liao Yiwu
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Collectible - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 037542542X
- ISBN 13
- 9780375425424
- Seller
-
Frederick, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Pantheon Books. Collectible - Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Very Good. Uncorrected Bound Galley. From the collection of Tom Verlaine. Verlaine was a guitarist, singer, and songwriter who was a founding member of the seminal punk rock band Television. He was known for his innovative guitar playing and songwriting, and he is considered to be one of the most important and influential musicians of the past 50 years. [9780375425424] (China, Working Class, Social Structure)
Synopsis
Liao Yiwu is a poet, novelist, and screenwriter. In 1989, he published an epic poem, "Massacre," that condemned the killings in Tiananmen Square and for which he spent four years in prison. His works include Testimonials and Report on China's Victims of Injustice. In 2003, he received a Human Rights Watch Hellman-Hammett Grant, and in 2007, he received a Freedom to Write Award from the Independent Chinese PEN Center. He lives in China. Wen Huang is a writer and freelance journalist whose articles and translations have appeared in The Wall Street Journal Asia, the Chicago Tribune, the South China Morning Post, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Paris Review. From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wonder Book
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M07OS-01667
- Title
- The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up (Uncorrected Bound Galley)
- Author
- Liao Yiwu
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 037542542X
- ISBN 13
- 9780375425424
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2008
- LCCN
- 2007034160
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Wonder Book
Biblio member since 2003
Frederick, Maryland
About Wonder Book
With 3 stores less than 1 hour outside the DC/Metropolitan area (1 in Gaithersburg, 1 in Frederick and 1 in Hagerstown, MD), we have the largest selection of books in the tri-state area. Wonder Book and Video has been in business since 1980 and online since 1997. We have over 1 Million books for sale on our website and another 1 Million books for sale in our 3 locations. We have a very active online inventory and as such, we can receive multiple orders for the same item. We fill those orders on a first come first serve basis, but will refund promptly any items that are out of stock. Since 1980 it has always been about the books. ALL kinds of books from 95 cent children\'s paperbacks to five figure rare and collectibles. A merging of the old and new is where we started, and it is where we are today. Our retail stores have always been places where a reader can rush in looking for a title needed for a term paper that is due the next day, or where bibliophiles can get lost \"in the stacks\" for as long as they wish. In 2002 USAToday recognized us as \"1 of 10 Great Old Bookstores\", and we have been featured in numerous other newspaper and TV stories including Washington Post and CSpan.
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