M. BUTTERFLY
by Hwang, David Henry
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very good+
- Seller
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Columbia, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Based on a true story that stunned the world, M. Butterfly opens in the cramped prison cell where diplomat Rene Gallimard is being held captive by the French government—and by his own illusions. In the darkness of his cell he recalls a time when desire seemed to give him wings. A time when Song Liling, the beautiful Chinese diva, touched him with a love as vivid, as seductive—and as elusive—as a butterfly.How could he have known, then, that his ideal woman was, in fact, a spy for the Chinese government—and a man disguised as a woman? In a series of flashbacks, the diplomat relives the twenty-year affair from the temptation to the seduction, from its consummation to the scandal that ultimately consumed them both. But in the end, there remains only one truth: Whether or not Gallimard's passion was a flight of fancy, it sparked the most vigorous emotions of his life.Only in real life could love become so unreal. And only in such a dramatic tour de force do we learn how...
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Details
- Seller
- Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 101145
- Title
- M. BUTTERFLY
- Author
- Hwang, David Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New American Library
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- DRAMA
Terms of Sale
Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
About the Seller
Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
About Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
art and textiles, poetry, children\'s and illustrated, Missouriana, antiquarian books.
Prints and maps are stocked as well.
Established 1977, member ABAA/ILAB
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...