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Rising sun, falling shadow

by Daniel Kalla

Jewish refugeesNewlywedsJewsWorld War, 1939-1945JapaneseFictionJapanese fictionHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

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.

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Book data: Open Library