Disappearing Shanghai: Photographs and Poems of an Intimate Way of Life
by Howard W. French, Qiu Xiaolong
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- SIGNED by poet Qiu Xiaolong on title page, no inscription.
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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 protagonist Inspector Chen walks around in investigations, is suited like few others to provide a lyrical accompanying text whose purpose is to celebrate the life, beauty and texture of this world before it has vanished altogether.
No photographer has pursued this subject with more dedication and persistence than Mr. French, whose photographs of Shanghai have been exhibited on four continents. Taken together, the work of these two contributors offers compelling esthetics and lasting historical value for lovers of Shanghai, past, present and future.
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- Title
- Disappearing Shanghai: Photographs and Poems of an Intimate Way of Life
- Author
- Howard W. French, Qiu Xiaolong
- Book Condition
- New Like New
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- First Edition, First Printing
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1931907811
- ISBN 13
- 9781931907811
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- Homa & Sekey Books
- Date Published
- 2012-09
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