The song of everlasting sorrow. a novel of shanghai, hardback/anyi wang

Wang Qiyao is a young girl infatuated with the glitz and glamour of 1940s Hollywood.

After being discovered by an amateur photographer, Wang Qiyao competes in the Miss Shanghai beauty pageant of 1946 and wins the title of second runner-up.

This fleeting moment of stardom becomes the pinnacle of Wang Qiyaos life.

Publisher: Columbia University Press Author(s): Anyi Wang Translator: Susan Chan Egan Number of pages: 456 Collection: Weatherhead Books on Asia Publication date: 2008 Dimensions: 291 x 237 x 34 Cover type: Hardback.