Adiós, Shanghai /
Moving from Paris to Dresden to Shanghai, Wagenstein chronicles the lives of European migr and refugees in WWII Shanghai. Elisabeth and Theodore Weissberg, a German mezzo-soprano and her German-Jewish violinist husband, flee Dresden to eke out an existence in Shanghai's burgeoning Jewish ghetto...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Spanish Bulgarian |
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Barcelona, España :
Libros del Asteroide S.L.U.,
[2013]
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| Series: | Libros del Asteroide ;
45. |
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| Online Access: | Digitalia Hispánica |
| Summary: | Moving from Paris to Dresden to Shanghai, Wagenstein chronicles the lives of European migr and refugees in WWII Shanghai. Elisabeth and Theodore Weissberg, a German mezzo-soprano and her German-Jewish violinist husband, flee Dresden to eke out an existence in Shanghai's burgeoning Jewish ghetto, which ends up 30,000 strong as the Shoah begins. Hilde Braun, a German-Jewish actress, is living illegally in Paris aided by a mysterious Slav named Vladek, until events force them to Shanghai. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Awards: | Premio Jean Monnet de Literatura Europea |
| ISBN: | 9788492663644 8492663642 |