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Jan 1, 2007 · The Flowers of War is set during the horrific events of the Nanjing Massacre: the 1937 capture of Nanjing - then China's capital - by Japanese forces, who then murdered and raped thousands upon thousands of civilians.
Feb 6, 2012 · It is a war story and includes the ramifications of war: running to a safe haven that eventually is raided, taking prisoners both men and women and they are tortured and raped, and killed. It is based on the history of the war between Japan and China, circa 1937.
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- Geling Yan
Jan 5, 2012 · Run by Father Engelmann, an American priest who has been in China for many years, the church is supposedly neutral ground in the war between China and Japan. But it becomes clear the Japanese are not obeying international rules of engagement.
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- Geling Yan
Jan 31, 2012 · It is a war story and includes the ramifications of war: running to a safe haven that eventually is raided, taking prisoners both men and women and they are tortured and raped, and killed. It is based on the history of the war between Japan and China, circa 1937.
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- Geling Yan
The powerful Chinese novel about love and war on which Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) has based his latest film starring Christian Bale to be released in 2012.
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The Flowers of War. December 1937. The Japanese have taken Nanking. A group of terrified schoolgirls hides in the compound of an American church. Among them is Shujuan, through whose thirteen-year-old eyes we witness the shocking events that follow.
Jan 5, 2012 · Short, powerful, vivid, this beautiful novel transports the reader to 1930s China. Full of wonderful characters, from the austere priest to the irreverent prostitutes, it is a story about...
