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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Names: Jin, Ha, 1956- author.
Title: The woman back from Moscow : in pursuit of beauty / Ha Jin.
Description: New York : Other Press, 2023.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023006309 (print) | LCCN 2023006310 (ebook) | ISBN 9781635423778 (paperback) | ISBN 9781635423785 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Sun, Weishi—Fiction. | Theatrical producers and directors—China—Biography—Fiction. | China—History—20th century—Fiction. | Zhongguo gong chan dang—Fiction. | LCGFT: Biographical fiction. | Historical fiction. | Novels.
Classification: LCC PS3560.I6 W66 2023 (print) | LCC PS3560.I6 (ebook) | DDC 813/.54—dc23/eng/20230424
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023006309
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023006310
Ebook ISBN 9781635423785
Publisher’s Note: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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