Adrift in the Middle Kingdom American History purposeless and provisional--rather like natural

purposeless and provisional--rather like natural selection

A brilliantly constructed study of intentions

Links the women's stories to explore the trauma of dislocation and the fragmentation of memory it causes

the wonder of the book is in the details of customs

his four children

Adrift in the Middle Kingdom American History purposeless and provisional--rather like naturalTitle: Adrift in the Middle Kingdom Author: Jan Jacob Slauerhoff ISBN: 9781999944872 Publisher: Handheld Classics Published: 2019 Binding: Paperback Language: English Edition: New Condition Note: New from the publisher Publisher Description: Jan Jacob Slauerhoff's 1934 novel Adrift in the Middle Kingdom is an epic sweep of narrative that takes the reader from 1920s Shanghai to a forgotten city beyond the Great Wall of China. Narrated by a Belfast