Shanghai Forever Lost: A Biography of My Grandmother and Mother (Chinese Edition) - Softcover

Hu, Sonia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1732035814 ISBN 13: 9781732035812

Publisher: Long Publishing Corp, 2018

Synopsis

Shanghai, Forever Lost is a nonfiction book based on the true stories and events of both my grandmother and mother from 1920's Shanghai to 1950's Peking. Shanghai, Forever Lost reflects the bond between mother and daughter in turmoil of war, political takeover and human tragedies. It's a book of oral history that could serve as a witness of Chinese history from the 1920's to the 1950's. With many actual photos of the time, Shanghai, Forever Lost will resonate with its readers who have an interest in mother and daughter relationship as well as life and history of China.

传记文学《上海浮生若梦》记录了老上海的大时代背景下小人物的人生经历，通过作者的姥姥与母亲二十年代到四十年代在上海以及五十年代在北平的亲身经历，描绘出上海的过去往事，历史的演变对人生造成的影响和冲击。这是一本凝缩了上海及北平历史大时代辉映下平凡人的传记，打开它，如同打开一个时间的胶囊，让时光再现，让历史讲话，让往事复活。

About this title

About the Author:

Sonia Hu was born and raised in Beijing, while her parents were born and raised in Shanghai. Sonia started publishing translations and articles for Chinese Reader's Digest and Foreign Theater Magazines in 1985. Sonia worked as an Associate Producer for China Central Television Networks before immigrating to New York in 1988. She studied TV production in CUNY Brooklyn College and worked for MTV Networks and MTV Asia. She now lives in Rye, New York, with her family. She is a member of the North American Chinese Writers Association and the New York Chinese Women Writers Association.

Review:

即使在各式各样的回忆录和口述历史中，《上海浮生若梦》依然有其独特的风格和价值。作者以白描手法勾勒了她母亲和姥姥两代人在上海的亲身经历，这个经历对民国上海的生活史无疑有填补空白的价值。而姥姥戏剧化的个性和经历无疑又为此书增添了文学的元素，我们常说人生如戏，但因个性而带来的命运跌宕，其真实的人生之路远比任何小说要精彩和更能令人反省。

-- 葛文潮 (纽约七堂雅集创始人)

About this edition

• Publisher: Long Publishing Corp
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1732035814
• ISBN 13: 9781732035812
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368