by Victor Segalen · ASSIRIO & ALVIM · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789723710113
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«René Leys (A Cidade Proibida)» is the mystery and intrigue novel by Victor Segalen, published by Assírio & Alvim in paperback (232 pages, in Portuguese).
In 1911 Beijing, a Frenchman fascinated by the secrets of the imperial court meets René Leys, a young Belgian with privileged access to the palace. From their conversations, the novel gradually draws a web of loyalties, ambiguities and misunderstandings around the emperor's power.
Posthumous novel by Victor Segalen; this 2006 Portuguese edition includes translation and introduction by Aníbal Fernandes.
For readers of intrigue novels and historical fiction set in imperial China.
Victor Segalen was a French naval doctor, ethnographer, archeologist, writer, poet, explorer, art-theorist, linguist and literary critic.
