The Porcelain Thief: Searchinbg the middle kingdom for buried china (by Huan Hsu)
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A Family Story Buried Beneath Modern China
Huan Hsu's memoir follows his move to Shanghai in search of a family legend, a collection of fine porcelain buried by his great-great-grandfather to keep it from Japanese invaders during the Second World War. The search becomes a way into his family's history and into the wider story of twentieth-century China.
Hsu weaves personal memoir together with Chinese history and his own experience of living ...
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A Family Story Buried Beneath Modern China
Huan Hsu's memoir follows his move to Shanghai in search of a family legend, a collection of fine porcelain buried by his great-great-grandfather to keep it from Japanese invaders during the Second World War. The search becomes a way into his family's history and into the wider story of twentieth-century China.
Hsu weaves personal memoir together with Chinese history and his own experience of living and working in Shanghai as an outsider with deep family roots in the country, giving the book a dual perspective on past and present.
Well suited to readers who enjoy memoir blended with history, or anyone with an interest in modern China and the long shadow of its twentieth-century upheavals.
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