by Robert Elegant · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780722132777
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«White Sun, Red Star» is the historical novel by Robert Elegant, published by Penguin in paperback (864 pages, in English).
In 1921, Julia Pavernen and her Chinese friend Emily arrive in Shanghai, where they are received by Emily's wealthy family. The novel portrays the rise of nationalism and communism in China at the time, with Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Tse-tung as reference points, and characters swept along by violent changes in a world of stark social contrasts.
Published in 1987; this edition corresponds to the second printing of an English reprint.
Suitable for the general public interested in the political and social transformation of twentieth-century China.
Robert Sampson Elegant was an American-British author and journalist. He spent many years in Asia as a journalist. The Asian settings of all but one of his novels reflect that experience. He covered both the Korean and the Vietnam Wars, as well as four or five lesser conflicts. One of his last novels, Cry Peace, is centered on the Korean War.
