Legacies
Subtitle: A Chinese Mosaic
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: July 20, 1991
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780449906200
First sentence: A dear friend who, as I write, is in a Chinese prison once told me this tale: For want of something to do, a prisoner gleaned from the sweepings of the shop floor tiny bits of glittering wire, which he deposited in a bottle.