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277 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780307456731
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Anchor Books
Publication date: 10 August 2010
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A precious scroll inscribed with a lost Buddhist sutra--once owned by Pu Yi, the last emperor of China--is illicitly sold to an eccentric French linguist, Paul d'Ampere, who is imprisoned as a result. In jail, he devotes himself to studying its an...
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277 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780307456731
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Anchor Books
Publication date: 10 August 2010
Description
A precious scroll inscribed with a lost Buddhist sutra--once owned by Pu Yi, the last emperor of China--is illicitly sold to an eccentric French linguist, Paul d'Ampere, who is imprisoned as a result. In jail, he devotes himself to studying its an...
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Content Warnings