- Published: 1 February 2011
- ISBN: 9781409090618
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 160
On A Chinese Screen
Formats & editions
- Published: 1 February 2011
- ISBN: 9781409090618
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 160
Evoke the nostalgic China of "old China hands," replete with rickshaws, coolies and singsing girls...satisfying accounts of the follies and foibles of the British diplomats and expatriates who stubbornly ignore the native culture and labor to create little enclaves of Chelsea and Soho in Asia
Los Angeles Times
Masterly...carefully wrought prose sketches...The magical, mysterious East is richly portrayed
Newsday
A fascinating volume - vivid, thoughtful, full of colour
New York Times