Buy Shanghai Express: A Thirties Novel by Henshui, Zhang, Lyell, Professor William A online on desertcart.ae at best prices. ✓ Fast and free shipping ✓ free returns ✓ cash on delivery available on eligible purchase. Review: Great story all while riding a train. Glad I made a snap decision and bought this one. Review: Charming, slow-paced, finely detailed often droll narrative about a successful young banker traveling first class on the train from Beijing to Shanghai, who generously shares his compartment with an attractive young woman who is not exactly who she appears to be. Many wonderfully vivid details about train travel, different social classes and their interactions with and perceptions of each other. The author was one of the most popular writers of his time; and this translation reads seamlessly. In response to another review: there is absolutely nothing in this novel that could be called "trashy"; indeed even the sex is so subtly hinted at that the modern day reader is often left wondering "did they or didn't they? did I miss something?".
| Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (2) |
| Dimensions | 13.97 x 1.91 x 20.96 cm |
| Edition | 0 |
| ISBN-10 | 082481830X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0824818302 |
| Item weight | 295 g |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 272 pages |
| Publication date | 1 April 1997 |
| Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
J**H
Great story all while riding a train. Glad I made a snap decision and bought this one.
C**R
Charming, slow-paced, finely detailed often droll narrative about a successful young banker traveling first class on the train from Beijing to Shanghai, who generously shares his compartment with an attractive young woman who is not exactly who she appears to be. Many wonderfully vivid details about train travel, different social classes and their interactions with and perceptions of each other. The author was one of the most popular writers of his time; and this translation reads seamlessly. In response to another review: there is absolutely nothing in this novel that could be called "trashy"; indeed even the sex is so subtly hinted at that the modern day reader is often left wondering "did they or didn't they? did I miss something?".
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