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Books By Simon Leys - Author

Simon Leys (1935 - 2014) is the pen name of Pierre Ryckmans, who was born in Belgium and settled in Australia in 1970. He taught Chinese literature at the Australian National University and was Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Sydney from 1987 to 1993. Leys's writing has appeared in The New York Review of Books, Le Monde, Le Figaro Litte´raire, and other periodicals. Among his books are Chinese Shadows, The Death of Napoleon (forthcoming from NYRB Classics), Other People's Thoughts, and The Wreck of the Batavia & Prosper. In 1996 he delivered the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Boyer lectures. He won many awards, including the Prix Renaudot, the Prix Femina, the Prix Guizot, and the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction.

Short Black 8 Prosper

Leys and 1 more

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Death of Napoleon

Leys and 1 more

Ebook (Epub)

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£14.00

The Hall of Uselessness

Simon Leys

Paperback

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£18.90 £21.00

Hall of Uselessness

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£22.95

With Stendhal

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£9.89

Other People's Thoughts

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£9.57

The Wreck of the Batavia

Simon Leys

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