Sparrows, Bedbugs, and Body Shadows: A Memoir.(THE MIDDLE EAST, ASIA)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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DS778

2004-023678

0-8248-2903-4

Sparrows, bedbugs, and body shadows; a memoir.

Lou, Sheldon. (Intersections; Asian and Pacific American transcultural studies)

U. of Hawai'i Pr., [c]2005

251 p.

$21.00 (pa)

Lou offers a first-hand account of the early decades of the People's R...

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