Night in Shanghai

In this stunningly researched novel, Nicole Mones not only tells the forgotten story of black musicians in the Chinese jazz age, but also weaves in a startling true tale of Holocaust heroism little known in the West.In 1936, classical pianist Thomas Greene is recruited to Shanghai to lead a jazz orchestra of fellow African American expats From being flat broke in segregated Balti to living in a mansion with servants of his own, he becomes the toast of a city obsessed with music, money, pleasure and power, even as it ignores the rising winds of war Song Yuhua is refined and educated, and has been bonded since age eighteen to Shanghai s most powerful crime boss in payment for her father s gambling debts Outwardly submissive, she burns with rage and risks her life spying on her master for the Communist Party.Only when Shanghai is shattered by the Japanese invasion do Song and Thomas find their way to each other Though their union is forbidden, neither can back down from it in the turbulent years of occupation and resistance that follow Torn between music and survival, freedom and commitment, love and world war, they are borne on an irresistible riff of melody and improvisation to Night in Shanghai s final, impossible choice.In this stunningly researched novel, Nicole Mones not only tells the forgotten story of black musicians in the Chinese jazz age, but also weaves in a startling true tale of Holocaust heroism little known in the West. Best Download [ Night in Shanghai ] Author [ Nicole Mones ] – kino-fada.fr Tell me the style of the piece The way I was playing it, with that arpeggiated left hand and the melodic, singing right hand that would be a nocturne A piece for the night Like Ye Shanghai, she said Yes, Night in Shanghai Call it that It belongs to this city When pianist Thomas Greene arrived in Shanghai from Balti in 1936 to lead a Jazz band he never expected to feel such freedom Freedom to mix socially, the freedom of being respected in his job and freedom to earn what Tell me the style of the piece The way I was playing it, with that arpeggiated left hand and the melodic, singing right hand that would be a nocturne A piece for the night Like Ye Shanghai, she said Yes, Night in Shanghai Call it that It belongs to this city When pianist Thomas Greene arrived in Shanghai from Balti in 1936 to lead a Jazz band he never expected to feel such freedom Freedom to mix socially, the freedom of being respected in his job and freedom to earn what others were earning He was used to an environment of segregation, and he very much wanted to be accepted for who he was rather than be judged by the colour of his skinSuddenly he was not different any, everybody was different No one looked twice at him, for the first time in his lifeHis music came with constraints too A gifted pianist, he had been classically trained and he played strictly what he read This of course would hamper his new found career as leader...A forbidden love story set in the backdrop of Japanese invasion in Shanghai will totally going to awe your mind by its passion, pain and sacrifice amidst of war and bloodshed Nicole Mones, an American author, has penned down a riveting love story based on the true events during the Japanese invasion in Shanghai in 1936If you want knowledge, you must take part in the practice of changing reality If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself If yo A forbidden love story set in the backdrop of Japanese invasion in Shanghai will totally going to awe your mind by its passion, pain and sacrifice amidst of war and bloodshed Nicole Mones, an American author, has penned down a riveting love story based on the true events during the Japanese invasion in Shanghai in 1936If you want knowledge, you must take part in the practice of changing reality If you want to kn...engaging piece of historical fiction Explores a little known bit of nazi resistance based in China Very likable protagonists.Mones has written a thoroughly captivating book set in Shanghai in the late 1930 s just before and the during the Japanese take over of the city We arrive on Shanghai w Thomas a young Afr Am musician, classically trained, who is being thrust into a jazz band when he knows little about jazz and its improvisational riffs and tempos Mones is a fabulous writer and we are swept away w Thomas on this incomparable personal adventure as a musician, social adventure freed from racial prejudice in fac Mones has written a thoroughly captivating book set in Shanghai in the late 1930 s just before and the during the Japanese take over of the city We arrive on Shanghai w Thomas a young Afr Am musici...Find this and other reviews at am thoroughly captivating by WWII Fiction or non, it doesn t matter If it relates to the war, it s a safe bet I m in, which is what led me to Nicole Mones Night in Shanghai Set against the glitz and glamour of China s jazz age, the book highlights a world rarely seen, a lifestyle and atmosphere about to fall victim to war and years of Japanese occupation, but this is only the beginning of its appeal Mones explores the Find this and other reviews at am thoroughly captivating by WWII Fiction or non, it doesn t matte...This is a wonderful story of a young black musician Thomas Greene, who, in 1936, leaves the segregated USA to work in as a band leader in Shanghai The jazz scene in Shanghai in vibrant and open and accepting to blacks However, Thomas is unaware that war is brewing between Japan and China as well as in Europe Soon after finding success and respect in his new home the realities of war make themselves known Mones has included many real historical people in her story, including musicians, politi This is a wonderful story of a young black musician Thomas Greene, who, in 1936, leaves the segregated USA to work in as a band leader in Shanghai The jazz scene in Shanghai in vibrant and open and accepting to blacks However, Thomas is unaware that war is brewing between Japan and China as well as in Europe Soon...Night in Shanghai by Nicole Mones was recommended on a thread discussing The Book of Harlan by Bernice McFadden on the Goodreads group, African American Historical Fiction These novels are linked by their African American musician protagonists and the fact that they both take place in World War II I already knew that the situation for Jews in WWII Shanghai was unique I had an instructor in college who fled Germany in the 1930 s and too...Nicole Mones is one of my favorite writers I ve enjoyed her other novels and was excited to read Night in Shanghai , not just because I love her writing, but also because it s a time period that I find fascinating.This story, unlike others from WWII Shanghai, features a black jazz musician from Balti Thomas Greene was one of many jazz musicians who found acceptance in 1930s Shanghai, a place without the segregation laws and other prejudices of the US Greene falls for Song, an English spe Nicole Mones is one of my favorite writers I ve enjoyed her other novels and was exc...Another book that I picked because I wanted to read it I was in the mood for a good love story set in a foreign area Sadly this book was not for me I tried really hard to want to love or even like this book as I read so many did like this book I did not fall in love with the characters It was the location that did win me over However this was not enough for me to stick with this book after a while It started out slow I then jumped a few chapters and started reading again I was starting Another book that I picked because I wanted to read it I was in the mood for a good love story set in a foreign...I had the good fortune of attending a lecture put on by our local library in which Nicole Mones discussed her current novel and the historic events it covers, so of course I was thrilled to receive a copy of this novel through the Goodreads Firstreads Giveaway During the years leading up to and entering into World War II, Shanghai was a fascinating mix of music, dance and international flair Jazz musicians, primarily African Americans, we...

• English
• 19 January 2017
Nicole Mones
• Hardcover
• 278 pages
• 0547516177
• Nicole Mones
• Night in Shanghai