Author: | Liliane Willens | ISBN: | 9789881608901 |
Publisher: | Earnshaw Books | Publication: | August 1, 2010 |
Imprint: | Earnshaw Books | Language: | English |
Author: | Liliane Willens |
ISBN: | 9789881608901 |
Publisher: | Earnshaw Books |
Publication: | August 1, 2010 |
Imprint: | Earnshaw Books |
Language: | English |
With vivid firsthand descriptions of Asia’s most cosmopolitan city from the 1920s to the 1950s, this recollection chronicles Liliane Willens' life and trials in Shanghai as China collapsed under the weight of foreign invaders and civil war. Engaging and often humorous, this unique memoir relates Willens' experiences as a Jewish Russian living in early Communist China.
With vivid firsthand descriptions of Asia’s most cosmopolitan city from the 1920s to the 1950s, this recollection chronicles Liliane Willens' life and trials in Shanghai as China collapsed under the weight of foreign invaders and civil war. Engaging and often humorous, this unique memoir relates Willens' experiences as a Jewish Russian living in early Communist China.