Legacies
Subtitle:  A Chinese Mosaic
Publisher: Knopf
Published: March 24, 1990
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780394583259
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.