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Publisher	Betterlink Press Incorporated
ISBN 13	9781602202481
ISBN 10	1602202486
Author	Chen Danyan
Book Format	Paperback

Language	English
Book Subtitle	A Non-Fiction Novel
Book Description	The Peace Hotel was formerly The Cathay. It was once owned by Victor Sassoon, a Jewish business tycoon who inherited enormous wealth amassed through illicit opium trade with China and then built his own trophy landmark on a prime waterfront lot in Shanghai. Inaugurated in the ominous year of 1929, it remained the most luxurious hotel on the Bund until the outbreak of the war. In Chen Danyan s remarkable account, the hotel initially the dream of one man, came to represent the dream, and at times a nightmare, of many others therefore gaining myriad historical meanings as it witnessed changing fortunes of families and business dynasties over seven tumultuous decades. The narrative begins with the agonising demise of a Shanghai business owner who, like many hundreds of indigenous capitalists in the city, had seen his family s riches taken away almost overnight in the early 1950 s following confessional sessions staged at the hotel. Then, through the eyes of a bartender and a manager s assistant, the reopened hotel became a dream place to work in post revolution Shanghai, giving them pride and fulfillment at a time of hardship and austerity. After changing names and management, it eventually became what it is today a heritage hotel under international management that is at last a magnificent local icon and inspiration for inquisitive scholars including one eccentric local historian that is obsessed with the mystery of time and intent on sharing with the world his extraordinary find.
About the Author	Chen Danyan is a well-known Chinese author whose writings about Chinese youth focus on the conflicts between parents and children; the tremendous changes in the life of youth in a single-child society, the impact of the Cultural revolution and the trials of growing up in times of great social upheaval and turbulence. Her novel, About a Girl, was published in 1993 and its German edition, entitled Nine Lives, was published in Switzerland in 1995. in 1996, Nine Lives was awarded a gold prize for best children's books from the Austrian government, as well as a silver prize for best children's books from the German government.
Number of Pages	352

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