Forbidden city : a novel
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New York : Ballantine Books, 2022.
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Book
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First edition.
ISBN
9780399178818, 0399178813
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355 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Published
New York : Ballantine Books, 2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780399178818, 0399178813
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On the eve of China's Cultural Revolution and her sixteenth birthday, Mei dreams of becoming a model revolutionary. When the Communist Party recruits girls for a mysterious duty in the capital, she seizes the opportunity to escape her impoverished village. It is only when Mei arrives at the Chairman's opulent residence--a forbidden city unto itself--that she learns that the girls' job is to dance with the Party elites. Ambitious and whip-smart, Mei makes a beeline toward the Chairman. Mei gradually separates from the other recruits to become the Chairman's confidante-and paramour. As he fends off political rivals, Mei faces down schemers from the dance troupe who will stop at nothing to take her place, as well as the Chairman's imperious wife, who has schemes of her own. When the Chairman finally gives Mei a political mission, she seizes it with fervor, but the brutality of this latest stage of the revolution makes her begin to doubt all the certainties she has held so dear.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hua, V. (2022). Forbidden city: a novel (First edition.). Ballantine Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hua, Vanessa. 2022. Forbidden City: A Novel. Ballantine Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hua, Vanessa. Forbidden City: A Novel Ballantine Books, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hua, Vanessa. Forbidden City: A Novel First edition., Ballantine Books, 2022.
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