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Name: The Chinese Mirror
Author: Mirra Ginsburg

A retelling of a traditional Korean tale in which a mirror brought from China causes confusion within a family as each member looks in it and sees a different stranger.

First publish date: 1988

Authors: Mirra Ginsburg

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