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36 pg / 5 x 8 in / 12.7 x 20.3 cm b&w laser printed / saddle-stitch edition of 45 / $3 "This is a reader and fairy tale about growing up in a very big thing called Chinese history." - Yan. This was a topic that he was deeply interested in at the time. The exchange of culture from East to West in the 17th and 18th centuries, the laughable misunderstandings, misinterpretations, and other foibles that occurred under the fashion of chinoiserie. It was an analog to our present time when Chinese imitations of Western aesthetics were driving those with 'real' experiences abroad rather nuts. Yan Yan lives in China. yansbookclub.net  << Back |