The far side of the sky
Subtitle: a novel of love and death in war-torn Shanghai
By: Daniel Kalla
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9781443402668
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Canadian literature; Jewish refugees; World War, 1939-1945; Jews
Description: After Kristallnacht, Dr. Franz Adler, a widowed Jewish surgeon, flees to Shanghai with his daughter. At a refugee hospital, Franz meets an enigmatic nurse, Soon Yi "Sunny" Mah. The chemistry between them is intense and immediate, but Sunny's life is shattered when a drunken Japanese sailor murders her father. Then, danger escalates for Shanghai's Jews as the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. Facing starvation and disease, Franz struggles to keep the refugee hospital open and to protect his family from a terrible fate.
Notes: "First published in an original trade paperback edition by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd: 2011"--Title page verso.