Mao's Last Dancer (Movie Tie-In) Review
I never thought I would read a book that topped my most favorite all-time book, but Mao's Last Dancer did!! The first 50 pages made me wonder, but I persisted. Now I believe it is the best book I have ever read. I have never experienced the emotion that I felt while reading his portrayal of 1) the homesickness he endured the first year in dancing school and, 2) the whole chapter regarding his parent's first visit to America and their presence at his performance. I cried real, hard tears. I don't know if this was Li Cunxin's own words or if he had help putting his feelings down on paper, but it was overwhelming. Thank you, Li Cunxin for sharing your story. I love ballet and am so disappointed I have never seen him perform...and I live in Texas! I saw God's fingerprints all over Cunxin, the way God watched over him all through his life and rescued him from so much pain and suffering. This man has truly mastered the art of self control. I will always remember this book.
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Mao's Last Dancer (Movie Tie-In) Overview
From a desperately poor village in northeast China, at age eleven, Li Cunxin was chosen by Madame Mao's cultural delegates to be taken from his rural home and brought to Beijing, where he would study ballet. In 1979, the young dancer arrived in Texas as part of a cultural exchange, only to fall in love with America-and with an American woman. Two years later, through a series of events worthy of the most exciting cloak-and-dagger fiction, he defected to the United States, where he quickly became known as one of the greatest ballet dancers in the world. This is his story, told in his own inimitable voice.
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Customer Reviews
great story - -
I don't think I read the move tie in, however I enjoyed the story so much. The writer tells the story in simple english but the detail is amazing;making you feel emersed in poverty in China. Very good read.
A Great Read! - K. Dalton -
My book arrived in a timely manner and in excellant condition. This is a great book.
Human Story of Cultural Significance - Yvonne -
In Communist China in 1961, a boy is born as the 6th of 7 to a peasant family. When 11, he is taken from his family and studies in Beijing at Madame Mao's Academy of Dance. He is brainwashed into the Communist way of life for the next 7 years. On a trip to American where he studies with the Houston Ballet for a year, he defects. He does not see his parents for another 7 years and only returns to see the rest of his family after 9. By this time, he is a famous and successful dancer and is married to a Catholic ballerina!
A truly fascinating book. To read about Communist China in the 1970's from a first person account is as close as you can get to being there. Li makes his story so engaging and real that you come away with a feeling of triumph rather than pity or sorrow for his experiences. There is a great capacity for empathy in him that is transferred to the reader. You don't hate China - you grow to understand the problems the government faced.
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