Tigers and butterflies : selected writings on politics, culture and society
Han, Suyin, 1917-20121990
Books
A collection of essays spanning 30 years on the culture, society and politics of a range of Third World countries, the most recent being a record of the author's meeting with the old Chinese leaders after Tiananmen Square in which she attacks the centres of power and privilege with savage irony.
Main title:
Tigers and butterflies : selected writings on politics, culture and society / by Han Suyin ; edited and with an introduction by Aamer Hussein.
Imprint:
London : Earthscan, 1990.
Collation:
247p. ; 22cm.
Notes:
Translation of the Chinese.
ISBN:
9781853830693 (pbk)
Dewey class:
301
Local class:
300
Language:
EnglishChinese
BRN:
1028138