The Middle kingdom by David Wingrove.
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TextSeries: Wingrove, David. Chung Kuo: bk. 1.Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Dell Pub. Co., 1991, c1990Description: xxxvi, 654 p. ; 18 cmISBN: 0440207614 (pbk.); 9780440207610 (pbk.)DDC classification: 813.54 WIN1990 LOC classification: PR6073.I48 | M53 1991| Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Reprint. Originally published by Delacorte Press, New York.
Major characters -- List of characters -- Prologue: Winter 2190-Yin/yang: Yin -- Yang -- Spring 2196-Spring day at the edge of the world: Fire and ice -- Silkworm and the mulberry leaf -- Game of static patterns -- Moon dragon -- Spring 2198-Beneath the yellow springs: Brothers -- Light in the darkness -- Machines of flesh -- Kim's game -- Wuwei -- Spring 2201-Domain: Dead rabbit -- Conversation in the firelight -- Augustus -- Summer 2201-Ice and fire: Saddle -- Casting a spell out of ice -- Scent of plum blossom -- Darkening of the light -- Ice and fire -- Epilogue: Summer 2202/Spring 2203-Mosaics: Bridge over nothingness -- Gift of stones -- Author's note -- Glossary of mandarin terms -- Acknowledgments -- In times to come.
The stunning debut of a new storyteller takes place with a vast epic tale of passions and conflicts, of tyranny and the struggle for freedom in a startling and fascinating alternative world--a future when the Chinese rule the Earth.
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