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The Painter from Shanghai

The Painter from Shanghai

Author(s): Jennifer Epstein

Location(s): Paris, Shanghai

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): 1920s

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Down the muddy waters of the Yangtze River, through the raucous glamour of prewar Shanghai and the bohemian splendor of 1920s Paris, and back to a China teetering on the brink of revolution: this is the epic story of Pan Yuliang, one of the most talented-and provocative-Chinese artists of the twentieth century.

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A harrowing read at times, hugely evocative of era. Enjoyed this almost as much as Memoirs of a Geisha…

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