About this title: The true story that inspired David Hwang's play "M Butterfly", about a French diplomat, Bernard Boursicot, posted to Peking, who fell in love with a seductive opera singer, named Shi Pei Pu, apparently unaware that Pei Pu was a man. Their liaison "produced" a son, and led them into espionage and finally to gaol in France. Joyce Wadler spent four ...
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Description: Bantam, 1993. 321 pages. 1st printing / edition. Hardback. Photos. Index. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Bright attractive book. ISBN: 0553092138 'The gripping real story of the diplomat spy and the Chinese opera star whose affair inspired 'M. Butterfly'. read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good-See Description in Good-See Description jacket. Hardcover Good condition. Name written on first page. slight wear. Jacket has sticker remnants on back. Slight wear. Story of diplomat spy and the Chinese opera star whose affair inspired "M. Butterfly". 321p. Photo section. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bantam
Date Published: 1993-09-01
ISBN-13:9780553092134ISBN:0553092138
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. VG/VG. Very Good Hardcover book with Very Good Dust Jacket. Binding tight and straight. Pages clean and unmarked. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin, London
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780140234725ISBN:0140234721
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover is creased and sticker remnant is on spine, otherwise OK. Glued binding. 321p.; 20 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Portraits, Facsimiles. Includes index. read more
Edition: First edition. First printing. Full numberline.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780553092134ISBN:0553092138
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Clean, unmarked, square, tight. Sharp corners. Unclipped DJ shows small holes (insect damage? ) on folds of DJ flaps, one 3/16" hole in DJ at spine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade. The gripping real story of the diplomat spy and the Chinese opera star whose affair inspired M. Butterfly Bantam. Near-fine copy in unclipped DJ. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Bantam, Many
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780553092134ISBN:0553092138
Description: Cover Art. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. X-Library with normal flaws. The hard cover and the jacket has very light shelf wear. The jacket flap has been taped to the hard cover.........We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by.. read more
Description: Good in Good dust jacket; 1993. 0553092138. Very lightly used, mild signs of handling at edges-unmarked. Nice, used copy. DJ improved with new, clear mylar cover.; Hardcover; Bantam Audio Publishing; NY; First Printing; Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; 321 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780553092134ISBN:0553092138
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. T2-Light shelfwear to DJ and book. Book has 1/4' stain to fore edge. A nice, clean copy. The gripping real story of the diplomat spy and the Chinese opera star whose affair inspired "Madame Butterfly". read more
"This is about the Chinese opera singer - Shi Pei Pu and his romance with French attache Bernard Boursicot. Boursicot was unaware that Pei Pu, the love of his life and longtime sexual partner, was a man. Their relationship began in 1965 and they had child 'together. A tragic story of love and illusion."
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