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Wuhan
Taschenbuch von John Fletcher
Sprache: Englisch

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A multi-stranded historical epic set in China in 1937, when Wuhan stood alone against a whirlwind of war and violence.
'Fletcher impresses in this searing debut... Fletcher makes all his characters realistic, even if they only appear briefly, and excels at portraying the horrors of war and the moral challenges it poses. Fans of J.G. Ballard's Empire of the Sun will be riveted' Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
1937. CHINA IS AT WAR.

Soldiers of the Empire of Japan sweep through the country, killing and displacing the millions who stand in their way. As vast swathes of the country fall to the invaders, Wuhan, an industrial city in the centre of China, is appointed wartime capital. While the rest of the world looks the other way, the citizens of Wuhan stand alone against a whirlwind of violence - transforming militarily, educationally, medically and culturally.

Their heroic efforts halted the Japanese.

Weaving together a multitude of narratives, Wuhan is a historical fiction epic that pulls no punches: the heart-in-mouth tale of a peasant family forced onto a thousand-mile refugee death-march; the story of Lao She - China's greatest writer - leaving his family in a war zone to assist with the propaganda effort in Wuhan; the hellish battlefields of the Sino-Japanese war; the approaching global conflict seen through a host of colourful characters - from Chiang Kai-Shek, China's nationalist leader, to Peter Fleming, a British journalist based in Wuhan and the prototype for his younger brother Ian Fleming's James Bond.
A multi-stranded historical epic set in China in 1937, when Wuhan stood alone against a whirlwind of war and violence.
'Fletcher impresses in this searing debut... Fletcher makes all his characters realistic, even if they only appear briefly, and excels at portraying the horrors of war and the moral challenges it poses. Fans of J.G. Ballard's Empire of the Sun will be riveted' Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
1937. CHINA IS AT WAR.

Soldiers of the Empire of Japan sweep through the country, killing and displacing the millions who stand in their way. As vast swathes of the country fall to the invaders, Wuhan, an industrial city in the centre of China, is appointed wartime capital. While the rest of the world looks the other way, the citizens of Wuhan stand alone against a whirlwind of violence - transforming militarily, educationally, medically and culturally.

Their heroic efforts halted the Japanese.

Weaving together a multitude of narratives, Wuhan is a historical fiction epic that pulls no punches: the heart-in-mouth tale of a peasant family forced onto a thousand-mile refugee death-march; the story of Lao She - China's greatest writer - leaving his family in a war zone to assist with the propaganda effort in Wuhan; the hellish battlefields of the Sino-Japanese war; the approaching global conflict seen through a host of colourful characters - from Chiang Kai-Shek, China's nationalist leader, to Peter Fleming, a British journalist based in Wuhan and the prototype for his younger brother Ian Fleming's James Bond.
Über den Autor
John Fletcher
Zusammenfassung
MARKET: The Narrow Road to the Deep North; How We Disappeared; Do Not Say We Have Nothing; Pachinko; The Mountains Sing.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 768
Inhalt: 768 S.
1 Karte
ISBN-13: 9781800249899
ISBN-10: 1800249896
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 668594
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Fletcher, John
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Abbildungen: 1 map; 1 map
Maße: 196 x 130 x 51 mm
Von/Mit: John Fletcher
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.04.2022
Gewicht: 0,514 kg
preigu-id: 120260813
Über den Autor
John Fletcher
Zusammenfassung
MARKET: The Narrow Road to the Deep North; How We Disappeared; Do Not Say We Have Nothing; Pachinko; The Mountains Sing.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 768
Inhalt: 768 S.
1 Karte
ISBN-13: 9781800249899
ISBN-10: 1800249896
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 668594
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Fletcher, John
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Abbildungen: 1 map; 1 map
Maße: 196 x 130 x 51 mm
Von/Mit: John Fletcher
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.04.2022
Gewicht: 0,514 kg
preigu-id: 120260813
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