Silk Roads: the Asian Adventures of Clara & Andrã© Malraux
by Madsen, Axel
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- Hardcover
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Pharos Books, 1989. 1ST. HARDBOUND. LIKE NEW in LIKE NEW jacket. 1ST. pp. 299. Publisher: Pharos Books (January 1, 1989) Language: English HARDBOUND: 299 pages ISBN-10: 0886874335 ISBN-13: 978-0886874339 Item Weight: 1 POUNDS, Tells the story of how the Malrauxs traveled to French Indo China in 1923 seeking treasure, and ended up starting an anti-colonialist newspaper in Saigon Clara Malraux had the world at their feet. Wealthy and carefree, their life was a bohemian idyll spent frequenting the hottest clubs and restaurants, and traveling and mingling with the Paris literary set. But all this changed when the stock market crashed and their fortune disappeared overnight. Penniless but still craving adventure, André dreamt up a plan to travel to French Indochina where they would collect temple treasures and sell them for a huge profit in America. Against all the oddsjungle fevers, inexperience, and uncooperative localsthey succeeded. But their treasure hunt turned into a dangerous crusade when Clara and André set up an anti-government newspaper in Saigon, defiantly exposing colonial injustices, corruption, and the government stifling of Asian culture.
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- BookQuest (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51069
- Title
- Silk Roads: the Asian Adventures of Clara & Andrã© Malraux
- Author
- Madsen, Axel
- Format/Binding
- HARDBOUND
- Book Condition
- New LIKE NEW in LIKE NEW jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1ST
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pharos Books
- Date Published
- 1989
- Weight
- 1.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Travel / Civilization / French Authors / French / History / Biography /
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