Sunday, September 30, 2012

AUTUMN IN THE HEAVENLY KINGDOM

I know you must have felt a vague, restless sensation haunting you for ages. What could it be? What is this thing, this sense of absence in the soul? Well, surely it must be your hidden need to know about the Taiping Rebellion in China during the 19th century.



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A strange counterpoint runs all through the discussion -- either an unhinged teapot whistling in the back of the room or a pathetic ghost playing a bamboo flute in an adjoining room. At the 35:50 time-mark, it becomes delightfully annoying.

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