# René Leys

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- Book: [René Leys](https://www.bookquiver.com/victor-segalen/rene-leys) ([René Leys.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/victor-segalen/rene-leys.md))
- Authors: [Victor Segalen](https://www.bookquiver.com/victor-segalen), [Ian Buruma](https://www.bookquiver.com/ian-buruma), [J. A. Underwood](https://www.bookquiver.com/j-a-underwood)
- Publisher: nyrb_classics
- ISBN: 978-15-9017-041-0
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2003-07-31
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In this entrancing story of spiritual adventure, a Westerner in Peking seeks the mystery at the heart of the Forbidden City. He takes as a tutor in Chinese the young Belgian René Leys, who claims...