The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai

by Han Bangqing

Book Overview

Desire, virtue, courtesans (also known as sing-song girls), and the denizens of Shanghai's pleasure quarters are just some of the elements that constitute Han Bangqing's extraordinary novel of late imperial China. Han's richly textured, panoramic view of late-nineteenth-century Shanghai follows a range of characters from beautiful sing-song girls to lower-class prostitutes and from men in positions of social authority to criminals and ambitious...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231122691
• ISBN13: 9780231122696
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Richly textures

In the preface it is said that this is a book to be read, re-read and read again. Just so. The stories, characters and nuance are rich and deep. Enjoyable the first time, I wonder how much more will be seen the second time through. Strangely, I look forward to reading it again.