Nanjing 1937: A Love Story

by YeZhaoyan (Author)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $5.14

  A beautifully-observed story of love in a world on the brink of destruction. Ding Wenyu is a spoilt university professor in a sterile marriage, caught up in a cycle of drinking and debauchery. He falls headlong in love with the young and beautiful Yuyuan when he catches sight of her on her wedding day and publicly professes his love for her - to great ridicule from all concerned. As Japanese troops invade Nanjing and the city is consumed by bloodshed and violence, Yuyuan's marriage begins to crumble. In desperation she turns to Ding, and an epic love begins

• Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $3.28

  Set on the eve of the Rape of Nanjing - when Japanese troops invaded this historic capital city, massacred hundreds of thousands, and committed thousands of rapes - Nanjing 1937 is a tender and humorous story of an impossible love and a lively, detailed historical portrait of a people on the verge of destruction.