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false <![CDATA[The Painter from Shanghai]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255570421m/6037018.jpg 1798248 9 Reminiscent of Memoirs of a Geisha, a re-imagining of the life of Pan Yuliang and her transformation from prostitute to post-Impressionist. Down the muddy waters of the Yangtze River and into the seedy backrooms of "The Hall of Eternal Splendor," through the raucous glamour of prewar Shanghai and the bohemian splendor of 1920s Paris, and back to a China ripped apart by civil war and teetering on the brink of revolution: this novel tells the story of Pan Yuliang, one of the most talentedand provocativeChinese artists of the twentieth century. Jennifer Cody Epstein's epic brings to life the woman behind the lush, Cezannesque nude self-portraits, capturing with lavish detail her life in the brothel and then as a concubine to a Republican official who would ultimately help her find her way as an artist. Moving with the tide of historical events, The Painter from Shanghai celebrates a singularly daring painting styleone that led to fame, notoriety, and, ultimately, a devastating choice: between Pan's art and the one great love of her life. 1797349 31 3 2008 The Painter From Shanghai: A Novel total:385|5:82|4:152|3:113|2:34|1:4| 385 1429 887 123 5 4 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Feb 23 14:00:07 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 15 09:09:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 08:12:28 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 09:27:07 -0700 2008
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The Painter from Shanghai is a richly layered fictional account of the life of Pan Yuliang, a female post impressionistic painter from China (1895-1977). She lived a courageous life and was forced to become an adult way too soon. She was...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 21 15:13:22 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 15:45:39 -0700 2009 Memoirs of a Geisha, but I thought Geisha did a much better job of telling the story and details of that type of lifestyle and some of the characters.

But as I got further into the novel and the main character, Yuliang, escapes and progresses int...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 08:56:54 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 15:20:25 -0700 2009
Yuliang is a woman far ahead of her time -- set mostly in the 1920's and 1930's, she is a liberal-thinking woman who seeks to attend art school. Venturing to France after her studies in China reach an end, she lives alone and makes...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jan 03 08:25:18 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 03 08:28:54 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 07:23:14 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 06:41:40 -0700 2009 "That the buyer, if she finds one, probably won't be able to read it means little. Yuliang doesn't sign it for him. She signs for herself, to bind her work to her. To tattoo it with a message: she has won." (Page 20)

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