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Noć U Šangaju (2014)

by Nicole Mones(Favorite Author)

3.62 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Laguna

review 1: Very good read. I grew up in the 50s & 60s so I was taught very little about China, this book told a great story while weaving a whole lot of history I never heard. Ho Feng-Shan saving over 1000 Jewish families from Nazi Austria should be taught in every school, along with the 1938 Evian conference where every country, including the U.S.A. and Great Britain refused to increase their immigration quota of European Jews. All 32 countries refused except Dominican Republic and Shanghai, which was an open port. If all of those countries would have accepted an extra 17,000 European Jews there would have been no death camps. There were many more monster countries than just Nazi Germany, and it was nice to learn about a few of the Heros of that time. Thanks for the suggestion Ri... moreta amazing story.Chang Kai-Shek was no hero and it is amazing that the U.S. followed the fantasy of Taiwan/China until finally recognizing China in 1979. The 'Red Scare' did damage for a very long time.
review 2: I liked this one a lot. It's Shanghai just before and then during the Japanese occupation during WWII. Thomas Greene, a Black American musician, is recruited to come to Shanghai to be a bandleader. He finds himself treated with much more respect than in his home country. And through his eyes, we see what is happening in the Chinese community - the division between the Nationalists and the Communists, the influx of Jews from Europe, the effect the occupation has on all the inhabitants. Although the main characters are mostly fictitious, the novel is based on many real events and does include many real people. less

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