Shanghai Express / Zhang Henshui ; translated from the Chinese by William A. Lyell.

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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 tak...

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Uniform Title:Ping Hu tong che. English
Fiction from modern China.
Main Author: Zhang, Henshui, 1895-1967
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Other Authors: Lyell, William A.
Language:English
Language of the Original:
Chinese
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, [1997], ©1997.
Series:Fiction from modern China.
Subjects:
Railroad travel > Fiction.
Nineteen thirties > Fiction.
China > Fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
Historical fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
Historical fiction.
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Physical Description:259 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
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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 sights and sounds and smells of this microcosm of the urban world. Here is popular Chinese fiction at its best. This socially and psychologically incisive portrait of modern China can be read with great return against issues of gender, class, and modernity. And if this is not enough, it is also a travelogue, providing a delightful read for anyone who has traveled or is simply curious about traveling by train in China. First serialized in Shanghai in 1935, Shanghai Express appears now in English for the first time.
Note:Electronic resource.
Call Number:PL2740 .H413 1997eb
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-258).
ISBN:0585267146 (electronic bk.)
System Details:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2000.
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