num_pages: 320
description: ON A CHINESE SCREEN is a sequence of remarkable vignettes of Europeans residents in China just after the First World War -Westerners culturally out of their depth in the immensity of the Chinese civilisation. Somerset Maugham, who travelled over a thousand miles up the Yangtse river, used his acerbic and insightful notes to write this fascinating book.
language: English
title: On A Chinese Screen
titlecomplete: On A Chinese Screen
genres: Fiction, Asia, Short Stories, British Literature, China, Literature, Essays, Classics, Travel, 20th Century
ratings_count: 444
publisher: Random House UK