Ergebnis für "Der Fall Shanghai" in Literatur & Belletristik

Dieser Roman wagt einen ungewöhnlichen Kunstgriff: Er erzählt seine Geschichte rückwärts, von ihrem vorläufigen Ende zurück zu ihrem Beginn, vom Shanghai des Jahres 2040 zurückgespult ins Jahr 2014. Im Zentrum steht die Familie Yang: der Geschäftsmann Leo, seine Frau, die enigmatische Eko, und die drei Töchter Yumi, Yoko und Kiko. Schlaglichtartig folgen wir ihnen durch die Jahrzehnte, durch Glücksmomente und Krisen, dorthin, wo alles begann, zurück zu Leos und Ekos Hochzeitstag - in dem der Keim dessen, was noch kommen soll, bereits angelegt zu sein scheint.

Half vampire. Half fox-spirit. All trouble. Pawned by her mother to the King of Hell as a child, Lady Jing is half-vampire, half-hulijing fox-spirit and all sasshole. As the King's ward, she has spent the past ninety years running errands, dodging the taunts of the spiteful hulijing courtiers...

1940. Aiyi Shao is a young heiress and the owner of a formerly popular and glamorous Shanghai nightclub. Ernest Reismann is a penniless Jewish refugee driven out of Germany, an outsider searching for shelter in a city wary of strangers. He loses nearly all hope until he crosses paths with Aiyi. When she hires Ernest to play piano at her club, her defiance of custom causes a sensation. His instant fame makes Aiyi’s club once again the hottest spot in Shanghai. Soon they realize they share more than a passion for jazz - but their differences seem insurmountable....

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A gifted writer . . . explores the bonds of sisterhood while powerfully evoking the often nightmarish American immigrant experience.”—USA Today In 1937, Shanghai is the Paris of Asia, a city of great wealth and glamour, the home of millionaires and beggars...