by Vicki Baum · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401100178
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«Shanghai Hotel» is the historical novel by Vicki Baum, published by Plaza & Janés in 1978 in hardcover (576 pages, in Spanish).
Set in Shanghai in the 1930s, the novel follows nine characters from different backgrounds who meet at the Shanghai Hotel. Their fates intertwine in a cosmopolitan city on the brink of the Sino-Japanese War, in a choral narrative reflecting the European interwar atmosphere.
The 1978 edition belongs to the Obras Perennes collection. Recommended reading age: from 12 years.
For readers of historical fiction and interwar narrative, especially those who already know «Gran Hotel» by Vicki Baum.
Hedwig "Vicki" Baum was an Austrian writer. She is known for the novel Menschen im Hotel, one of her first international successes. It was made into a 1932 film and a 1989 Broadway musical.
