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Book Title: Loud Sparrows : Contemporary Chinese Short-Shorts
Item Length: 0.9in
Item Height: 0.1in
Item Width: 0.6in
Author: Bei Bei Dao
Original Language: Chinese
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Anthologies (Multiple Authors), Asian / General, General
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Literary Criticism, Fiction
Item Weight: 14 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
