The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai
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The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai by Bangqing Han
Considered one of the great works of Chinese fiction, this is a story of desire and virtue set in the pleasure quarters of nineteenth-century Shanghai. From beautiful sirens to lower-class prostitutes, from well-respected patrons to repugnant criminals, it reveals the romantic games of the sing-song girls.
Its literary and historical significance is indisputableMore important to the average reader, though, [is] its absorbing storytelling. -- Lesley Downer New York Times Book Review Accurate and readable. The novel provides a comprehensive and detailed description of a courtesan society... Recommended. Choice [A] richly detailed... colorful cross-section of Chinese society. -- H. J. Kirchhoff Globe & Mail This is a finely printed publication, and an important novel, but it also provides a provocative study in edition and translation theory. -- Chloe Starr China Review International The publication of this book is a significant event in the upper echelons of Chinese literary study... Finally a book that's been much talked about is now available to an international readership. -- Bradley Winterton Taipei Times
Han Bangqing (1856-1894) founded China's first literary magazine and is considered one of the most important writers of modern China. Eileen Chang (1920-1995) was a legendary figure in Chinese literature and the author of the essay collection Written on Water (Columbia, 2005) and the novels The Rogue of the North and The Rice-Sprout Song: A Novel of Modern China. Eva Hung is the editor of the journal Renditions and the translator, editor, and author of more than two dozen books, including Contemporary Women Writers: Hong Kong and Taiwan.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780231122689 |
| ISBN 10 | 0231122683 |
| Title | The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai |
| Author | Bangqing Han |
| Series | Weatherhead Books On Asia |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press |
| Year published | 2005-09-14 |
| Number of pages | 592 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |