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The China Lover (2009)
EN NW EB DLISBN: 9781101666715 bzw. 1101666714, in Englisch, Penguin Books, Penguin Books, Penguin Books, neu, E-Book, elektronischer Download.
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From Shanghai before and during the Second World War to U.S.occupied Tokyo, and, finally, to the Middle East in the early 1970s, Ian Buruma?s masterful new novel about the intoxicating power of collective fantasy follows three star-struck men driven to extraordinary acts by their devotion to the same legendary woman. A beautiful Japanese girl born in Manchuria, Yamaguchi Yoshiko is known as Ri Koran in Japan, Li Xianglan in China, and Shirley Yamaguchi in the U.S.and her past is a closely guarded secret. In Buruma?s reimagining of the life of Yamaguchi Yoshiko, a Japanese girl torn between patriotism for her parents? homeland, worldly ambition, and sympathy for the Chinese, she will reflect almost exactly the twists and turns in the history of modern Japan. The China Lover is both luminously written and imbued with the insights and erudition that have made Ian Buruma one of the most respected writers on modern Asia.
From Shanghai before and during the Second World War to U.S.occupied Tokyo, and, finally, to the Middle East in the early 1970s, Ian Buruma?s masterful new novel about the intoxicating power of collective fantasy follows three star-struck men driven to extraordinary acts by their devotion to the same legendary woman. A beautiful Japanese girl born in Manchuria, Yamaguchi Yoshiko is known as Ri Koran in Japan, Li Xianglan in China, and Shirley Yamaguchi in the U.S.and her past is a closely guarded secret. In Buruma?s reimagining of the life of Yamaguchi Yoshiko, a Japanese girl torn between patriotism for her parents? homeland, worldly ambition, and sympathy for the Chinese, she will reflect almost exactly the twists and turns in the history of modern Japan. The China Lover is both luminously written and imbued with the insights and erudition that have made Ian Buruma one of the most respected writers on modern Asia.
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The China Lover, The Death Of Theo Van Gogh And The Limits Of Tolerance (2008)
EN PB USISBN: 9781843545460 bzw. 1843545462, in Englisch, Atlantic Books, Taschenbuch, gebraucht.
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**Barksdale Books**.
It was the emblematic crime of our moment: on a cold November day in Amsterdam, an angry young Moslem man, Mohammed Bouyeri shot and killed the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, for making with the vocally anti-Islamic Somali-born Dutch politician Ayaan Hersi Ali a movie that 'blasphemed' Islam. After Bouyeri shot van Gogh, he calmly stood over the body and cut his throat with a curved machete, as if performing a ritual sacrifice. The murder horrified quiet, complacent,... It was the emblematic crime of our moment: on a cold November day in Amsterdam, an angry young Moslem man, Mohammed Bouyeri shot and killed the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, for making with the vocally anti-Islamic Somali-born Dutch politician Ayaan Hersi Ali a movie that 'blasphemed' Islam. After Bouyeri shot van Gogh, he calmly stood over the body and cut his throat with a curved machete, as if performing a ritual sacrifice. The murder horrified quiet, complacent, prosperous Holland, a country that prides itself on being a bastion of tolerance, and sent shock waves across Europe and around the world. Shortly thereafter, Ian Buruma returned to his native country to try to make sense of it all, and to see what larger meaning should and shouldn't be drawn from this story. The result is Holy War in Amsterdam, a masterpiece.Taal: Engels;Oorspronkelijke titel: Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance;Afmetingen: 29x216x138 mm;Gewicht: 479,00 gram;Verschijningsdatum: september 2008;ISBN10: 1843545462;ISBN13: 9781843545460; Engelstalig | Paperback | 2008.
**Barksdale Books**.
It was the emblematic crime of our moment: on a cold November day in Amsterdam, an angry young Moslem man, Mohammed Bouyeri shot and killed the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, for making with the vocally anti-Islamic Somali-born Dutch politician Ayaan Hersi Ali a movie that 'blasphemed' Islam. After Bouyeri shot van Gogh, he calmly stood over the body and cut his throat with a curved machete, as if performing a ritual sacrifice. The murder horrified quiet, complacent,... It was the emblematic crime of our moment: on a cold November day in Amsterdam, an angry young Moslem man, Mohammed Bouyeri shot and killed the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, for making with the vocally anti-Islamic Somali-born Dutch politician Ayaan Hersi Ali a movie that 'blasphemed' Islam. After Bouyeri shot van Gogh, he calmly stood over the body and cut his throat with a curved machete, as if performing a ritual sacrifice. The murder horrified quiet, complacent, prosperous Holland, a country that prides itself on being a bastion of tolerance, and sent shock waves across Europe and around the world. Shortly thereafter, Ian Buruma returned to his native country to try to make sense of it all, and to see what larger meaning should and shouldn't be drawn from this story. The result is Holy War in Amsterdam, a masterpiece.Taal: Engels;Oorspronkelijke titel: Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance;Afmetingen: 29x216x138 mm;Gewicht: 479,00 gram;Verschijningsdatum: september 2008;ISBN10: 1843545462;ISBN13: 9781843545460; Engelstalig | Paperback | 2008.
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The China Lover
EN US SIISBN: 1594201943 bzw. 9781594201943, in Englisch, Penguin Publishing Group, gebraucht, signiert.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, In Stock.
biographical,contemporary,fiction,genre fiction,historical,literary,literature and fiction, A transfixing portrait of a woman and a nation eagerly burying the past to transform the future . In his enthralling new novel, Ian Buruma uses the life of the starlet Yamaguchi Yoshiko as a lens through which to understand the lure of erotic fantasies in the conquest of nations. The China Lover reveals the catastrophic results when theater and politics blend in a lethal manner. In her earliest days Ri Koran--a Japanese girl, born in Manchuria, who sang and acted in Japanese and Chinese--was forced to keep her Japanese identity a secret, to become a Manchurian singer and movie star playing Chinese beauties who fell in love with brave Japanese empire builders. In U.S.-occupied Tokyo, she returned to the screen as Yamaguchi Yoshiko, starring in films approved by American censors and designed to promote American-style democracy. Before long, she decided to reinvent herself yet again by moving to the United States. Three months after Japan and the United States signed a peace treaty in San Francisco, Yamaguchi rededicated herself to pursuing a career in American movies, this time as Shirley Yamaguchi, playing exotic Japanese beauties falling in love with American soldiers. But she was not just the subject of male fantasies on the cinema screen. She married the Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi, who wanted her to be the perfect traditional Japanese woman. When her many roles, in life and in film, proved impossible to reconcile, Shirley left Noguchi, retired as an actress, A.
biographical,contemporary,fiction,genre fiction,historical,literary,literature and fiction, A transfixing portrait of a woman and a nation eagerly burying the past to transform the future . In his enthralling new novel, Ian Buruma uses the life of the starlet Yamaguchi Yoshiko as a lens through which to understand the lure of erotic fantasies in the conquest of nations. The China Lover reveals the catastrophic results when theater and politics blend in a lethal manner. In her earliest days Ri Koran--a Japanese girl, born in Manchuria, who sang and acted in Japanese and Chinese--was forced to keep her Japanese identity a secret, to become a Manchurian singer and movie star playing Chinese beauties who fell in love with brave Japanese empire builders. In U.S.-occupied Tokyo, she returned to the screen as Yamaguchi Yoshiko, starring in films approved by American censors and designed to promote American-style democracy. Before long, she decided to reinvent herself yet again by moving to the United States. Three months after Japan and the United States signed a peace treaty in San Francisco, Yamaguchi rededicated herself to pursuing a career in American movies, this time as Shirley Yamaguchi, playing exotic Japanese beauties falling in love with American soldiers. But she was not just the subject of male fantasies on the cinema screen. She married the Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi, who wanted her to be the perfect traditional Japanese woman. When her many roles, in life and in film, proved impossible to reconcile, Shirley left Noguchi, retired as an actress, A.
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The China Lover (2006)
EN PB USISBN: 9781843545460 bzw. 1843545462, in Englisch, 404 Seiten, Atlantic Books, Taschenbuch, gebraucht.
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A revelatory look at what happens when political Islam collides with the secular West Ian Buruma ’s Murder in Amsterdam is a masterpiece of investigative journalism, a book with the intimacy and narrative control of a crime novel and the analytical brilliance for which Buruma is renowned. On a cold November day in Amsterdam in 2004, the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was shot and killed by an Islamic extremist for making a movie that “insulted the prophet Mohammed.” The murder sent shock waves across Europe and around the world. Shortly thereafter, Ian Buruma returned to his native land to investigate the event and its larger meaning as part of the great dilemma of our time. Paperback, Ausgabe: New Ed, Format: Import, Label: Atlantic Books, Atlantic Books, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2006-10-01, Studio: Atlantic Books.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, the_book_community.
A revelatory look at what happens when political Islam collides with the secular West Ian Buruma ’s Murder in Amsterdam is a masterpiece of investigative journalism, a book with the intimacy and narrative control of a crime novel and the analytical brilliance for which Buruma is renowned. On a cold November day in Amsterdam in 2004, the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was shot and killed by an Islamic extremist for making a movie that “insulted the prophet Mohammed.” The murder sent shock waves across Europe and around the world. Shortly thereafter, Ian Buruma returned to his native land to investigate the event and its larger meaning as part of the great dilemma of our time. Paperback, Ausgabe: New Ed, Format: Import, Label: Atlantic Books, Atlantic Books, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2006-10-01, Studio: Atlantic Books.
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China Lover
ENISBN: 9781594201943 bzw. 1594201943, in Englisch, Penguin Books, Inc.
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