Li, Cunxin, 1961-

Mao's last dancer / Li Cunxin. - Berkley trade pbk. ed. - New York : Berkley Books, 2005, c2003. - xvii, 451 p. : ill., geneal. table ; 23 cm.

Originally published: New York : Putnam, c2003.

Part one: My childhood -- 1. Home -- 2. My Niang and Dia -- 3. A commune childhood -- 4. The seven of us -- 5. Na-na -- 6. Chairman Mao's classroom -- 7. Leaving home -- Part two: Beijing -- 8. Feather in a whirlwind -- 9. The caged bird -- 10. That first lonely year -- 11. The pen -- 12. My own voice -- 13. Teacher Xiao's words -- 14. Turning points -- 15. The mango -- 16. Change -- 17. On the way to the West -- 18. The filthy capitalist America -- 19. Good-bye, China -- Part 3: The West -- 20. Return to the land of freedom -- 21. Elizabeth -- 22. Defection -- 23. My new life -- 24. A millet dream come true -- 25. No more nightmares -- 26. Russia -- 27. Mary -- 28. Going home -- 29. Back in my village -- 30. Another wedding: Qingdao, 1988.

ISBN: 0425201333 9780425201336 9780425240304 (tr. pbk.)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Li, Cunxin, 1961-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ballet dancers--China--Biography.
Defectors--China--Biography.

Dewey Class. No.: 792.8/092 B