by John Lanchester · Longanesi · tapa dura · ISBN 9788830420434
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«Il porto degli aromi» is the novel by John Lanchester, published by Longanesi in hardback (368 pages, in Italian).
Tom Stewart, a young Englishman, arrives in Hong Kong in 1935 and learns Cantonese after a bet between a Chinese nun and a British businessman; that skill marks his career. The plot interweaves his story with that of an ambitious journalist and a Chinese entrepreneur, and portrays the city from the colonial era to the big business of the 21st century.
Originally published as «Fragrant Harbor» in 2002; the Italian edition features a translation by Marcella Dallatorre.
For readers of historical fiction and contemporary narrative with an interest in colonial Hong Kong and its evolution.
John Henry Lanchester is a British journalist and novelist.
