Franziska Goldmann, an opera singer fallen on hard times, has become the star courtesan in 19th century Hong Kong. A chance encounter with Queen Victoria’s musical second son seems to offer Franziska an opportunity to resume her career as a singer....
“Well, here I am at five and three quarters. It’s Christmas 1939 in a little Austrian village in Hitler’s Third Reich and I’m just beginning to notice things. Like what my brothers and sisters are about and why my parents are often crying and...
In China, have things really changed for the post-Tiananmen generation?
Hong Kong, 2012. Dimitri Johnson discovers that he is a dead man walking. Stunned by his doctor’s prognosis, he nevertheless makes his ritual annual pilgrimage to the ...