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Shanghai Express: A Thirties Novel
Zhang Henshui
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Description for Shanghai Express: A Thirties Novel
paperback. Translator(s): Lyell, William A., Jr. Series: Fiction from Modern China S. Num Pages: 259 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 384.
In this suspenseful tale of seduction and deception, a wealthy banker is smitten by an alluring young woman while traveling aboard the express train from Beijing to Shanghai. A consummate storyteller and one of the most popular novelists of his day, Zhang Henshui sweeps us on board with them and takes us through train stations and back and forth between first, second, and third class cars, evoking the smells of this microcosm of the urban world. We see what various travelers wear; we hear their conversations; we feel the chill or the warmth of each car; we detect a trace ... Read more
In this suspenseful tale of seduction and deception, a wealthy banker is smitten by an alluring young woman while traveling aboard the express train from Beijing to Shanghai. A consummate storyteller and one of the most popular novelists of his day, Zhang Henshui sweeps us on board with them and takes us through train stations and back and forth between first, second, and third class cars, evoking the smells of this microcosm of the urban world. We see what various travelers wear; we hear their conversations; we feel the chill or the warmth of each car; we detect a trace ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press United States
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
Series
Fiction from Modern China S.
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824818302
SKU
V9780824818302
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Reviews for Shanghai Express: A Thirties Novel
In Shanghai Express Zhang Henshui used a recurring theme in traditional Chinese literature: love between an honest, credulous man and a sly woman.... [But] he replaced the moral message of the traditional story—that young men should not fall in love with amoral women—with another message more suitable for modern times: do not fall in love with someone who might bring ... Read more