The Winter Station

di Jody Shields (Autore)

Little, Brown & Company, 2018

1910: people are mysteriously dying at an alarming rate in the Russian-ruled city of Kharbin, a major railway outpost in Northern China. Strangely, some of the dead bodies vanish before they can be identified. During a dangerously cold winter in a city gripped by fear, the Baron, a wealthy Russian aristocrat and the city's medical commissioner, is determined to stop this mysterious plague. Battling local customs, an occupying army, and a brutal epidemic with no name, the Baron is torn between duty and compassion, between Western medical science and respect for Chinese tradition. His allies include a French doctor, a black marketeer, and a charismatic Chinese dwarf. His greatest refuge is the intimacy he shares with his young Chinese wife - but she has secrets of her own. Based on a true story that has been lost to history, set during the last days of imperial Russia, THE WINTER STATION is a richly textured and brilliant novel about mortality, fear and love.

• Autore: Jody Shields
• Editore: Little, Brown & Company
• Anno: 2018
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 352 p.
• Dimensioni: 208 x 140 mm
• Peso: 340 gr.
• EAN: 9780316385336

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