Shanghai Express
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Shanghai Express
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Author : Zhang Henshui
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 1997-04-01
Shanghai Express written by Zhang Henshui and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-04-01 with Fiction categories.
In this suspenseful tale of seduction and deception, a wealthy banker is smitten by an alluring young woman while traveling aboard the express train from Beijing to Shanghai. A consummate storyteller and one of the most popular novelists of his day, Zhang Henshui sweeps us on board with them and takes us through train stations and back and forth between first, second, and third class cars, evoking the smells of this microcosm of the urban world. We see what various travelers wear; we hear their conversations; we feel the chill or the warmth of each car; we detect a trace of perfume in one, pickled vegetables and greasy meats in another. Here is popular Chinese fiction at its best. Shanghai Express was considered "entertainment" fiction and was enormously popular in the 1930s. William Lyell’s sparkling translation at last allows an English-reading audience to share in the fun.
Morocco And Shanghai Express
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Author : Jules Furthman
language : en
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date : 1973
Morocco And Shanghai Express written by Jules Furthman and has been published by Simon & Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Performing Arts categories.
Morocco Shanghai Express
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Author : Joseph Von Sternberg
language : en
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Release Date : 1988-01-01
Morocco Shanghai Express written by Joseph Von Sternberg and has been published by Burns & Oates this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-01-01 with categories.
Morocco And Shanghai Express
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Author : Jules Furthman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Morocco And Shanghai Express written by Jules Furthman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Motion picture plays categories.
S A S Shanghai Express
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Author : Gérard de Villiers
language : fr
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
S A S Shanghai Express written by Gérard de Villiers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with French literature categories.
Belleville Shanghai Express
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Author : Philippe Lafitte
language : fr
Publisher: Grasset
Release Date : 2015-04-29
Belleville Shanghai Express written by Philippe Lafitte and has been published by Grasset this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-29 with Fiction categories.
Au cœur du quartier chinois de Belleville, deux jeunes gens n’auraient jamais dû se rencontrer. Vincent est vietnamien par son père, français par sa mère : une « banane », en argot local. Line est la fille de monsieur Li, ogre du business chinois, protecteur des traditions et des secrets de son passé. Vincent est photographe et serveur dans un restaurant à ses heures, Line fait de brillantes études. Il cherche son père disparu, elle est en quête de liberté ; il étouffe entre sa mère et sa grand-mère, elle est sous la protection rapprochée d’un de ses cousins, Yan, une crapule qui parade en Porsche Cayenne. Deux mondes si proches et si lointains, qui cohabitent mais ne se fréquentent pas. Quand la rencontre a lieu, elle est explosive. Line disparaît au bout du monde et Vincent, seul dans la ville, désespéré, traque Yan et doit déjouer les menaces qui s’amoncellent sur lui, sa famille et son amour. Comment s’affranchir d’un passé qui ne passe pas? Quête des origines sur fond de courses poursuites vers la liberté, Belleville Shanghai Express nous entraîne tambour battant dans le sillage d’une jeunesse aux destins contrariés. philippe-lafitte.iggybook.com
Sas
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Author : Gerard de Villiers
language : nl
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Sas written by Gerard de Villiers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with categories.
The Peking Express
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Author : James M. Zimmerman
language : en
Publisher: Public Affairs
Release Date : 2023-04-04
The Peking Express written by James M. Zimmerman and has been published by Public Affairs this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-04 with categories.
The thrilling true story of train-robbing revolutionaries and passengers who got more than they paid for. In 1923 Shanghai, native and foreign travelers alike are enthralled by the establishment of a new railway line to distant Peking. With this new line comes the Peking Express, a luxurious express train on the cutting edge of China's continental transportation. Among those drawn to the train are oil heiress Lucy Aldrich, journalist John Benjamin Powell, and vacationing Army Majors Roland Pinger and Scott Allen, wives and children in tow. These errant Americans and their eclectic fellow passengers all eagerly anticipate an idyllic overnight journey in first class. But the train's passengers are not the only ones enchanted by the Peking Express. The bandit revolutionary Sun Mei-yao sees in it the promise of a reckoning long overdue. From his vantage in Shantung Province, a conflict-ravaged region through which the train must pass, he identifies the Peking Express as a means of commanding the global stage. By disrupting the train and taking its wealthy passengers hostage, he can draw international attention to the plight of Shantung and, he hopes, thereby secure a solution. In the first hours of May 6, 1923, Sun and his bandit troops enact their daring plan. Wrested from the pleasures of their luxury cabins, dozens of travelers including Aldrich, Powell, Pinger, and Allen are plunged into the unfamiliar Shantung terrain. Pursued by warlords and led by their captors, they must make their way to the bandits' mountain stronghold and there await their fate. The Peking Express is the incredible, long-forgotten story of a hostage crisis that shocked China and the West. It vividly captures the events that made international headlines and later inspired Josef von Sternberg's 1932 Hollywood masterpiece Shanghai Express.
Dressing The Part
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Author : Sybil DelGaudio
language : en
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Release Date : 1993
Dressing The Part written by Sybil DelGaudio and has been published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This work examines the way in which the unique partnership of director (Sternberg), star (Marlene Dietrich), studio (Paramount), and designer (Travis Banton) created a series of films in which costume functions as a sign to structure each film's narrative and thematic design. Illustrated.
The Peking Express
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Author : James M Zimmerman
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2023-04-04
The Peking Express written by James M Zimmerman and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-04 with History categories.
The thrilling true story of train-robbing revolutionaries and passengers who got more than they paid for in this Murder on the Orient Express–style adventure, set in China’s republican era. In May 1923, when Shanghai publisher and reporter John Benjamin Powell bought a first-class ticket for the Peking Express, he pictured an idyllic overnight journey on a brand-new train of unprecedented luxury—exactly what the advertisements promised. Seeing his fellow passengers, including mysterious Italian lawyer Giuseppe Musso, a confidante of Mussolini and lawyer for the opium trade, and American heiress Lucy Aldrich, sister-in-law of John D. Rockefeller Jr., he knew it would be an unforgettable trip. Charismatic bandit leader and populist rabble rouser Sun Mei-yao had also taken notice of the new train from Shanghai to Peking. On the night of Powell’s trip of a lifetime, Sun launched his plan to make a brazen political statement: he and a thousand fellow bandits descended on the train, capturing dozens of hostages. Aided by local proxy authorities, the humiliated Peking government soon furiously gave chase. At the bandits’ mountain stronghold, a five-week siege began. Brilliantly written, with new and original research, The Peking Express tells the incredible true story of a clash that shocked the world—becoming so celebrated it inspired several Hollywood movies—and set the course for China’s two-decade civil war.