The lost and forgotten languages of Shanghai

By Ruiyan Xu

Subjects: Shanghai (china), fiction, Aphasic persons, Manners and customs, Fiction, Social life and customs, Married people, Fiction, romance, general, Americans, Married people, fiction, Physician and patient

Description: This is the story about a bilingual aphasia patient, his ability to speak his native language is obliterated in an accident. A sensitive exploration of the power of words and of silence, this book is a wonderfully evocative debut about love and language, duty and passion, in a vibrant modern city of Shanghai.