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The Book of Swindles, a seventeenth-century story collection, offers a panoramic guide to the art of deception. Ostensibly a manual for self-protection, it presents a tableau of criminal ingenuity in late Ming China. Each story comes with commentary by the author, who expounds a moral lesson...
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The Book of Swindles, a seventeenth-century story collection, offers a panoramic guide to the art of deception. Ostensibly a manual for self-protection, it presents a tableau of criminal ingenuity in late Ming China. Each story comes with commentary by the author, who expounds a moral lesson while also speaking as a connoisseur of the swindle.
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- Nakladatel: Columbia University Press
- Kód:
- Rok vydání: 2017
- Jazyk: Angličtina
- Vazba: Taschenbuch
- Počet stran: 208
- Šířka balení: 21.6 cm
- Výška balení: 14.2 cm
- Hloubka balení: 2 cm
- Váha balení: 359 g
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