Rising Sun, Falling Shadow: A Novel (Shanghai Series) - Hardcover

Kalla, Daniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0765337649 ISBN 13: 9780765337641

Publisher: Forge Books, 2013

Synopsis

Return to World War II Shanghai in Dan Kalla's thrilling historical novel Rising Sun, Falling Shadow, the sequel to The Far Side of the Sky

It's 1943 and the Japanese juggernaut has swallowed Shanghai and the rest of eastern China, snaring droves of American and British along with thousands of "stateless" German Jewish refugees. Despite the hostile environs, newlyweds Dr. Franz Adler and his wife, Sunny, adjust to life running the city's only hospital for refugee Jews.

Bowing to Nazi pressure, the Japanese force twenty thousand Jewish refugees, including the Adlers, to relocate to a one-square-kilometer "Shanghai Ghetto." Heat, hunger, and tropical diseases are constant threats. But the ghetto also breeds miraculous resilience. Music, theater, sports, and Jewish culture thrive despite what are at times subhuman conditions.

Navigating subversion and espionage, Nazi treachery and ever-worsening conditions while living under the heel of the Japanese military, the Adlers struggle to keep the hospital open and their family safe and united.

About this title

About the Author

DANIEL KALLA is the international bestselling author of Pandemic, Resistance, Rage Therapy, Blood Lies, Cold Plague, and Of Flesh and Blood. His books have been translated into eleven languages. Two novels have been optioned for film. Kalla practices emergency medicine in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he lives with his family.

Reviews

In this sequel to The Far Side of the Sky (2012), Kalla delivers a gripping blend of suspense thriller and survival story, set in occupied Shanghai during WWII. As Jewish refugees in Singapore are herded into the ghetto, Dr. Franz Adler and his wife, Sunny, struggle to keep their hospital afloat. The medical drama in the ill-supplied hospital is as fast paced and detailed as that of the best hospital television shows, and, although the characters run to types, Kalla manages to capture variations in their levels of ability and endurance. As the characters struggle to evade detection by both German Nazis and Japanese, heroism springs from humble sources, as the city changes from colorful metropolis to grimy ghost town, a transformation vividly realized through the eyes of Shanghai’s longtime residents. Despite its grim subject matter, this gripping historical novel communicates a hopeful message about the power of love and friendship to overcome hatred. --Bridget Thoreson

Edition details

• Publisher: Forge Books
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0765337649
• ISBN 13: 9780765337641
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352