Shanghai Express by Zhang Henshui

Shanghai Express by Zhang Henshui

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.

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 about financial and social ruin."< —China Review International

"Lyell’s translation captures and conveys Zhang’s Chinese literary style with admirable skill and sensibility." —Choice

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780824818302
ISBN 10	082481830X
Title	Shanghai Express
Author	Zhang Henshui
Series	Fiction From Modern China
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Hawai'i Press
Year published	1997-04-30
Number of pages	272
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.