Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin

Mao's Last Dancer

Li Cunxin

480 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction art autobiography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The extraordinary memoir of a peasant boy raised in rural Maoist China who was plucked from his village to study ballet and went on to become one of the greatest dancers of his generation. From a desperately poor villa...

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Moods

emotional 81%
inspiring 77%
reflective 70%
informative 63%
sad 38%
hopeful 36%
challenging 29%
adventurous 15%
tense 13%
funny 9%
dark 6%
lighthearted 2%

Pace

medium 53%
slow 34%
fast 12%

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4.07

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