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White Ghosts: A historical novel ab..., Baryakina, Elvi
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Item specifics
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- ISBN
- 1732584028
- EAN
- 9781732584020
- Publication Name
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- Type
- Paperback / softback
- Release Title
- White Ghosts: A historical novel about Shanghai in the roaring...
- Artist
- Baryakina, Elvira
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Baryakina, Elvira
ISBN-10
1732584028
ISBN-13
9781732584020
eBay Product ID (ePID)
10038484552
Product Key Features
Book Title
White Ghosts
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Historical
Language
English
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
891.735
Synopsis
1922. Fleeing the Bolsheviks, Nina, a former countess, arrives in Shanghai along with thousands of other Russian refugees. She finds herself with her back to the wall in a strange country, alone, penniless, and rejected by both the white colonists and the Chinese. She knows that the "fallen goddesses" should keep a low profile, but she is obsessed with winning her life back. In utter despair intermixed with bravado, Nina sets up a fake Czechoslovakian Consulate and uses its diplomatic status to trade in duty-free goods. But amidst the survival frenzy, all that keeps her going is the hope that someday she will be reunited with her beloved husband, Klim. He has become an anchormen at the British radio station, and the crazy city called either the Splendor of the East or the Whore of Asia falls in love with him. It's a tough competitor, especially given the dire circumstances of Nina and Klim's separation. Now he doesn't believe that she is the same wonderful girl he had fallen in love with. Nina has to find a way to heal his and her own wounds and get back to normality, a luxury she couldn't afford for years. But her new country is sliding into a civil war, seeing foreigners as its greatest enemies, and normality is not an option for anybody in China. WHITE GHOSTS is a testament to the endurance of the human spirit and a totally new look at Chinese history during the roaring 1920s. Based on extensive research and memories of the author's family members, it tells the story of unlikely heroes, people who-consciously or unconsciously-played a significant role in destroying the racist ideology and eventually the decolonization of China., From an internationally acclaimed author, Elvira Baryakina, who masterly blends in multicultural backgrounds, flamboyant characters of differing nationalities, and mesmerizing plot, comes a new historical novel about an unthinkable turn of events in the early 1920s. White colonialists in Shanghai see themselves as an impregnable supreme race. But then a horde of strangers enter the city and ruin the perfect world Europeans and Americans built for themselves in China. Fleeing the Bolsheviks, Russian refugees arrive in thousands, noblemen and common laborers alike, ready to take any job and get their hands dirty. They don't care if it makes other white people look not so exceptional in front of the locals. Klim Rogov, a Russian journalist famous for his wit, used to be a rich man who won the heart of a brilliant, passionate young business woman, Nina Kupina. Now, they find themselves in a rusty refugee ship anchoring in Shanghai harbor without money, documents, and any prospect in the near future, but Klim believes that he and Nina can cope with any challenge as long as they are together. One night, Nina disappears from the ship amidst strange circumstances, and Klim's fellow refugees suspect that she ran away with another man. Once in the city, Klim is rejected by both the whites and the Chinese, and his only dubious ally is a difficult teenage dancer who decides to seduce him for sport. Klim knows that the "fallen gods" should keep a low profile, but he is obsessed with winning his life back and finding out what happened to Nina. He writes a diary, which becomes a whimsical China travel guide to the world of weapon smugglers, opium traders, corrupt police, and communist agents doing everything possible to ignite a civil war in China. But when Klim discovers Nina's dark secret, he begins to doubt if he can handle it. And to make things worse, the Chinese nationalists gather an army and launch an attack on defenseless Shanghai. White Ghosts is a testament to the endurance of the human spirit and a totally new look at Chinese history during the roaring 1920s. Based on extensive research and memories of the author's family members, it tells the story of the unlikely heroes, the people who, consciously or unconsciously, played a significant role in destroying the racist ideology and eventually the decolonization of China. This book is a must-read for fans of Shanghai Girls by Lisa See, The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes, and The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck., In 1922, white colonialists in China see themselves as an impregnable supreme race. But when thousands of devastated Russian refugees fleeing the Bolsheviks arrive in Shanghai, the propriety of racism comes under threat.A Russian journalist, Klim Rogov, finds himself with his back to the wall, rejected by both the whites and the Chinese. But even being one of the "fallen gods" who should be out of sight, he still tries to rise from ashes.
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