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Rising sun, falling shadow

Daniel Kalla

2013343 pagesabout 5–8 hours
2013
first published
  • 2013Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom · ENGISBN 9781466835016
  • 2013HarperCollins Canada · 343 pages · ENGISBN 9781443404686
  • 2013Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom · 344 pages · ENGISBN 9780765337641
  • 2014Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom · ENGISBN 9780765371041

Explores the lives of Dr. Franz Adler and his wife Sunny, who're forced in 1943 China to relocate to a one-square-kilometer called Shanghai Ghetto, where 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.

How it reads

Character focusTwo hander

Worth knowing

ViolenceFrequent
Romance levelCentral

When and where

ThemesWarLove

Content notes

  • Warmoderateunreviewed
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