Night in Shanghai
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.71 (794 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0544334450 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Only when Shanghai is shattered by the Japanese invasion do Song and Thomas find their way to each other. Song Yuhua is refined, educated, and bonded since age eighteen to Shanghai's most powerful crime boss in payment for her father's gambling debts. From being flat broke in segregated Baltimore to living in a mansion with servants of his own, he becomes the toast of a city obsessed with music, money, pleasure and power, even as it ignores the rising winds of war. A rich and thoroughly captivating read."--Gail Tsukiyama, author of The Samurai's GardenSailing to Shanghai in 1936 to lead a blac
"something I enjoy and have come to expect from her work" according to Helen L. Meeker. Nicole Mones gives the reader an unusual glimpse of China and Chinese people in each of her novels, something I enjoy and have come to expect from her work. This was as complex and satisfying as others of her novels and I will continue to look for her new efforts.. Outstanding period piece Penelope Flack She is an excellent writer. Each of her books go in depth on a particular subject. This one about the black jazz musicians in Shanghai at the time of the war is well up to her very high standards.. N. Leon said Dive in. Terrific story.. Fascinating setting, characters and narrative. I wouldn't know a single thing about world history if it weren't for authors like Nicole Mones.
--Carol Haggas . Through his love for party sympathizer Song Yuhua and friendship with protector of Jews Lin Ming, Greene finds himself at the epicenter of world-shattering events. Based on true episodes and peppered with the lives and experiences of actual characters from the worlds of politics, music, the military, and the government, Mones’ engrossing historical novel illuminates the danger, depravity, and drama of this dark period with brave authenticity. Though the classically trained pianist is uncomfortable with this new style of music, he is ecstatic to be free of the Jim Crow l