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The Book of Swindles

- Selections from a Late Ming Collection

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The Book of Swindles, a seventeenth-century story collection, offers a panoramic guide to the art of deception. Ostensibly a manual for self-protection, it presents a tableau of criminal ingenuity in late Ming China. Each story comes with commentary by the author, who expounds a moral lesson while also speaking as a connoisseur of the swindle.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780231178631
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 208
  • Udgivet:
  • 5. september 2017
  • Størrelse:
  • 216x142x15 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 356 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
Leveringstid: 8-11 hverdage
Forventet levering: 20. november 2024

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The Book of Swindles, a seventeenth-century story collection, offers a panoramic guide to the art of deception. Ostensibly a manual for self-protection, it presents a tableau of criminal ingenuity in late Ming China. Each story comes with commentary by the author, who expounds a moral lesson while also speaking as a connoisseur of the swindle.

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