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Cover of A Chinese LifeNominee2013

A Chinese Life

by Li Kunwu and Philippe Ôtié, translated by Edward Gauvin

Nominated 2 times. Each year the judges shortlist only a handful of books in each category, so a nomination is a mark of a book the comics world rates among the best of its year.

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Memoir and real lives, History, Manga, Science and the real world
Edition
SelfMadeHero / 691 pages / ISBN 9781906838553
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