{"product_id":"shanghai-express-a-thirties-novel-fiction-from-modern-china-9780824818302","title":"Shanghai Express A Thirties Novel Fiction from","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this tale of seduction and deception, a wealthy banker is smitten by an alluring young woman while travelling aboard the express train from Beijing to Shanghai. \u003cem\u003eShanghai Express\u003c\/em\u003e was considered entertainment fiction and was enormously popular in the 1930s. William Lyell's translation allows an English-reading audience to share in the fun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eShanghai Express\u003c\/i\u003e Zhang Henshui used a recurring theme in traditional Chinese literature: love between an honest, credulous man and a sly woman.... [But] he replaced the moral message of the traditional story—that young men should not fall in love with amoral women—with another message more suitable for modern times: do not fall in love with someone who might bring about financial and social ruin.\"\u0026lt; —\u003ci\u003eChina Review International\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lyell’s translation captures and conveys Zhang’s Chinese literary style with admirable skill and sensibility.\" —\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Hawai'i Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528068440407,"sku":"9780824818302","price":12.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780824818302.jpg?v=1731870280","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shanghai-express-a-thirties-novel-fiction-from-modern-china-9780824818302","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}