Shanghai Express /
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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| Language: | English Chinese |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawai'i Press,
©1997.
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| Series: | Fiction from modern China.
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Table of Contents:
- Route of the Shanghai Express
- Off in a Corner All Alone
- Relatives Met by Chance
- Bewitched
- A Typical Passenger in the Second- Class Sleeper
- Some Confusion with Regard to Status
- Middle of the Night in Third Class
- Everyone Ill at Ease
- Those Who Ask for Help Are Also Willing to Give It
- Honeyed Words
- A Bit High
- While Crossing the River at Pookow
- Wine, Women, and Song
- So, She Was a Crook!
- Soochow Again
- Translator's Afterword
- Notes to the Afterword
- A Note on the Translation