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Set in post-World War II Shanghai, this novel follows Wang Qiyao, a young girl infatuated with the glamour of 1940s Hollywood. A fleeting moment of stardom, being runner-up in a 1946 beauty pageant, becomes the pinnacle of Wang Qiyao's life, and she spends the next 40 years clinging to her experience with fame and decadence.Anyi, Wang is the author of 'The Song of Everlasting Sorrow', published 2008 under ISBN 9780231143424 and ISBN 0231143427.
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