Last dancer of mao book

Since its release in 2003, maos last dancer has sold over 400 000 copies and regularly featured on bestseller lists. I would not have chosen the book myself, but i was pleasantly surprised. Maos last dancer, the autobiography of li cunxin, is told in a simple, straightforward manner, principally because english is not the authors native language. The story is about a boy born into a peasants family in china where poverty, hard labour in the fields and starvation were the norm, and growing up under maos regime. The international bestseller the extraordinary memoir of a peasant boy raised in rural maoist china who was plucked from. Buy a discounted paperback of maos last dancer online from australias leading online bookstore. Maos last dancer at the age of eleven, li cunxin was one of the privileged few selected to serve in chairman maos cultural revolution by studying at the beijing dance academy. Maos last dancer is a 2009 australian film based on professional dancer li cunxin s autobiography of the same name.

Maos last dancer was our last bookclub read, and apparently i have been living under a rock, since i had not heard of the book or the movie. It recounts his journey from a young, impoverished village boy destined to labor in the fields of china to a worldfamous professional dancer. Autobiography with wrong history maos last dancer was published in 2003 and quickly became a best seller in australia. Maos last dancer soundtrack sirhc nodrogs book of ballet exercises for the pianoforte duration. Li cunxins account of his life, from a childhood in rural, poverty stricken. Visit the official maos laster dancer movie website. Mao s little red book is supposed to have all of the necessary wisdom for li to live a happy life, but it is memories of his childhood and the fables told to him by his mentors that prove to be far more powerful influences. Mao s last dancer 2009 fullhd movie online free no download mao s last dancer 2009 fullhd movie online free. Maos last dancer, young readers edition by li cunxin booktopia. Anonymous in a village of china named quingdao in the book, the eleven yearold li cunxin is selected by the communist party to study ballet at the madame mao s dance academy in. One day, not so very many years ago, a small peasant boy was chosen to study ballet at the beijing dance academy. This fact shouldnt deter anyone from reading this moving account of a chinese peasant boys rise to fame as a ballet dancer and subsequent defection to the west.

Maos last dancer trailer a drama based on the autobiography by li cunxin. At the age of 11, li was plucked from a poor chinese village by madame maos cultural delegates and taken to beijing. Maos last dancer by li cunxin meet your next favorite book. Since a lot of my reading is escapist and a means to disengage from real life problems, i seldom delve into autobiographies and am finding that i may be missing out. It recounts his journey from a young, impoverished. This fact shouldnt deter anyone from reading this moving account of a chinese peasant boys rise to fame as. Find books like maos last dancer from the worlds largest community of readers. Plucked from the abject poverty of his large family by maos cultural. It is about a young boy who lives in a family with 6 brothers, in poverty in china, and cunxin, his name, is chosen, when he is 11, to be part of the beijing dance academy. The international bestseller the extraordinary memoir of. Buy maos last dancer first uk edition first impression by li cunxin isbn. Maos last dancer is lis moving memoir of his rise from near starvation to being one of the top ballet dancers in the world.