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The book that has captivated millions of Chinese readers, translated into English for the very first time. 'Hypnotic . . . A record of one person's fierce refusal to follow a path laid down for her by the rest of the world' Tash Aw, Paris Review Books of the Year Sanmao: author, adventurer, pioneer. Born in China in 1943, she moved from Chongqing to Taiwan, Spain to Germany, the Canary Islands to Central America, and, for several years in the 1970s, to the Sahara. Stories of the Sahara invites us into Sanmao's extraordinary life in the desert: her experiences of love and loss, freedom and…
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9 editions · 5 languages- Paperback · English · 2020Stories of the SaharaBloomsbury Publishing · 416 pages · 9781408881842
- Hardcover · English · 2020Stories of the SaharaBloomsbury Publishing · 416 pages · 9781408881873
- Paperback · English · 2019Stories of the SaharaBloomsbury Publishing · 416 pages · 9781408881880
- Ebook · English · 2019Stories of the SaharaBloomsbury Publishing · 416 pages · 9781408881866
- Paperback · Chinese · 2022Nanhai Publishing Company · 9787544269223
- Paperback · Dutch · 2019Berichten uit de SaharaAtlas Contact · 384 pages · 9789025458546
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