The lost and forgotten languages of Shanghai

Ruiyan Xu

earliest edition we have, 2010 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2011 paperback

A happy and successful businessman, dining in a Shanghai hotel, is badly injured by a gas explosion in the building. In the aftermath, the formerly bilingual Li Jin is only able to speak the faltering phrases of the English that he spoke as a child growing up in the United States, and is unable to communicate in Chinese with his wife. The family turns to an American neurologist, and she and Li Jing form a bond that d...

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Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai edition · 2011 · Bloomsbury Publishing Plc · 9781408828519
The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai paperback · 2011 · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC · 9781408820162
Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai edition · 2011 · Bloomsbury UK · 9781408809952
The lost and forgotten languages of Shanghai edition · 2011 · St. Martin's Griffin · 340 pages · 9780312614157
Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai edition · 2010 · St. Martin's Press · 9781429942645

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