The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai

by Wang Anyi

Book Overview

Set in post-World War II Shanghai, The Song of Everlasting Sorrow follows the adventures of Wang Qiyao, a girl born of the longtong , the crowded, labyrinthine alleys of Shanghai's working-class neighborhoods. Infatuated with the glitz and glamour of 1940s Hollywood, Wang Qiyao seeks fame in the Miss Shanghai beauty pageant, and this fleeting moment of stardom becomes the pinnacle of her life. During the next four decades, Wang Qiyao indulges in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231143427
• ISBN13: 9780231143424
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher