Dancing on Bones: History and Power in China, Russia, and North Korea Bouden Before she mastered the art

Before she mastered the art of French cooking in midlife

Dwelling along the Silk Road in what is now northwestern China

有意味的题词： 1997年6月7日，在香港主权移交倒计时的紧张气氛中，作者维勒姆 (Willem van Kemenade) 赠书予美国外交官史大伟夫妇，并留下了这段极具冲击力的文字：

以"身体"为线，探讨生命、死亡和爱这三个永恒的命题，并追问女性的身体赋予了我们什么，又限制了我们什么。通过追溯自己和身体的关系，施内克探讨了性，自由，身体自主、女性气质等议题，同时展现了一个女性对自己的身体从拒斥、忽视到全情接纳的过程。

Dancing on Bones: History and Power in China, Russia, and North Korea Bouden Before she mastered the artDrawing on first hand, on the ground reporting, Dancing on Bones argues that if we want to understand where these three nuclear powers are heading, we must understand the stories they are telling their citizens about the past. History didn't end. Democracy didn't triumph. America's leading role in the world is no longer assured. Instead, autocrats and populist strongmen are on the rise, and the global order established after 1945 is under attack. This