DISAPPEARING SHANGHAI by Howard W. French - 2006

Homa & Sekey Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. 1931907811 . First Edition, SIGNED by Poet Qiu Xiaolong on title page. ; 8.5 X 0.75 X 8 inches; 126 pages; Signed by Author .

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This book is a photographic exploration of life in the old and rapidly disappearing quarters of Shanghai, with accompanying poems and essays by the author of fiction and poetry, Qiu Xiaolong.
The photographs, all taken in a documentary style over a period of five years, represent an intimate and invaluable visual natural history of a way of life in the workers quarters and other central districts of the city that held sway throughout the 20th century and into the early years of the 21st century, before yielding to the ambitious ongoing efforts at urban reconstruction.
Mr. Qiu, whose best-known books are largely set in this old city, where his… Read More