Since my post from a couple days ago when I wrote about learning that my grandfather's cousin had fled Germany for Shanghai in 1939, I've found some more information about this cousin and his circumstances.My grandfather's uncle Karl in Germany had two children, Julius and … [Read more...]
A slow boat to Shanghai
Have you ever had a moment where everything seemed to fall into place? I'm not talking about the day to day routines, but the larger picture.On Friday night, a genealogist cousin e-mailed me about our relatives who left Germany in the late 1930s. She mentioned one named … [Read more...]
Book of the week–All that I Am
Last night I stayed up late to finish Anna Funder's debut novel, All That I Am (Harper, 2012), even though the rest of my family was sound asleep upstairs.I couldn't put the book down and ploughed through it in three days, averaging 130 pages a day.Funder's novel, based … [Read more...]
The Wonders Of Westin
When guest blogger Stuart Beaton told me about the sudden turn of events at the Raffles Tianjin, I couldn't believe it. After all, he'd just blogged here about the Raffles on Christmas Eve. (Stu's podcasts can also be found at http://rastous.podomatic.com/). Stuart will explain … [Read more...]
Guest post–I was a teenage Maoist
Stuart Beaton was interviewing authors long before he began his podcasts at http://rastous.podomatic.com/. I'm beyond thrilled that he's offered this old interview with writer extraordinaire Jan Wong. Without further adieu, here's Stu and Jan from back in 1997:In the small … [Read more...]
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