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The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai - Weatherhead Books on Asia
Bangqing Han
The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai - Weatherhead Books on Asia
Bangqing Han
Considered one of the great works of Chinese fiction, this is a story of desire and virtue set in the pleasure quarters of nineteenth-century Shanghai. From beautiful sirens to lower-class prostitutes, from well-respected patrons to repugnant criminals, it reveals the romantic games of the sing-song girls.
592 pages, Illustrations, map
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | September 14, 2005 |
ISBN13 | 9780231122689 |
Publishers | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 592 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 36 mm · 929 g |
Language | English |
Translator | Chang, Eileen |
Translator | Hung, Eva |
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