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Offers essays on art, literature, war, and urban life, as well as autobiographical reflections. The author takes in the sights and sounds of wartime Shanghai and Hong Kong, with the tremors of national upheaval and the drone of warplanes in the background, and fuses explorations of urban life, literary trends, domestic habits, and historic events.
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| ISBN: | 9780231131391 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
| Imprint: | Columbia University Press |
| Pub date: | 10 Dec 2007 |
| Language: | English |
| Number of pages: | 240 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Height: | 228mm |
| Width: | 154mm |
| Spine width: | 13mm |
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