In 1936, a seventeen year old woman from China’s Shanxi Province began correspondence with the famous writer Ba Jin. Seventy years later, in 2006, the author Zhao Yu, unexpectedly stumbles upon seven of Ba Jin’s replies in an antique shop. What follows is a journey the tumultuous history of twentieth century China as the author endeavors to discover the identity of Ba Jin’s you...(展开全部)

In 1936, a seventeen year old woman from China’s Shanxi Province began correspondence with the famous writer Ba Jin. Seventy years later, in 2006, the author Zhao Yu, unexpectedly stumbles upon seven of Ba Jin’s replies in an antique shop. What follows is a journey the tumultuous history of twentieth century China as the author endeavors to discover the identity of Ba Jin’s you...(展开全部)

In a dusty, ramshackle town lives A'ida. Her insurgent husband Xavier has been imprisoned. Resolute, sensuous and tender, A'ida's letters to the man she loves tell of daily events in the town, and of its motley collection of inhabitants whose lives flow through hers. But the town is under threat, and as a faceless power inexorably encroaches from outside, so the smallest detail...(展开全部)

In the dusty, ramshackle town of Suse lives A'ida. Her insurgent husband Xavier has been imprisoned. Resolute, sensuous and tender, A'ida's letters to the man she loves tell of daily events in the town, and of its motley collection of inhabitants whose lives flow through hers. But Suse is under threat, and as a faceless power inexorably encroaches from outside, so the smallest ...(展开全部)

The ancient story of King Goujian, a psychologically complex fifth-century BCE monarch, spoke powerfully to the Chinese during China's turbulent twentieth century. Yet most Americans—even students and specialists of this era—have never heard of Goujian. In Speaking to History, Paul A. Cohen opens this previously missing (to the West) chapter of China's recent history. He connec...(展开全部)

The ancient story of King Goujian, a psychologically complex fifth-century BCE monarch, spoke powerfully to the Chinese during China's turbulent twentieth century. Yet most Americans—even students and specialists of this era—have never heard of Goujian. In Speaking to History, Paul A. Cohen opens this previously missing (to the West) chapter of China's recent history. He connec...(展开全部)

The ancient story of King Goujian, a psychologically complex fifth-century BCE monarch, spoke powerfully to the Chinese during China's turbulent twentieth century. Yet most Americanseven students and specialists of this erahave never heard of Goujian. In Speaking to History, Paul A. Cohen opens this previously missing (to the West) chapter of China's recent history. He connects...(展开全部)

By the late 1930s, Europe sat on the brink of a world war. As the holocaust approached, many Jewish families in Germany fled to one of the only open port available to them: Shanghai. Once called "the armpit of the world," Shanghai ultimately served as the last resort for tens of thousands of Jews desperate to escape Hitler's "Final Solution." Against this backdrop, 11-year-old ...(展开全部)