Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Bad Elements Bad Elements Ian Buruma "Strange things happen when Chinese dynasties near their end. Dams break, earthquakes hit, clouds appear in the shape of weird beasts, rain falls in odd colors, and insects infest the countryside. Th… OL119117W
The China lover The China lover Ian Buruma In Buruma's reimagining of the life of Yamaguchi Yoshiko, a Japanese torn among patriotism for her parents, a homeland, worldly ambition, and sympathy for the Chinese, she would reflect almost exactl… OL15285231W
Year zero Year zero Ian Buruma Ian Buruma examines the seven months (in Europe) and four months (in Asia) that followed surrender of the Axis powers, from the fate of Holocaust survivors liberated from the concetration camps, and … OL20883723W
China Lover China Lover Ian Buruma 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 thro… OL21548668W
Het circus van Max Beckmann en andere essays Het circus van Max Beckmann en andere essays Ian Buruma Essays over politiek, maatschappij en kunst. OL28962674W