A Quick Plug for the Royal Asiatic Society Shanghai’s Book Club
Posted: November 12th, 2014 | No Comments »A change, and an expansion, to the RAS Shanghai book club: more details on their website
RAS Book Club has widened its focus to cover fiction and non-fiction separately. Our Monday night sessions will be dedicated to fiction, led by Sandra & Marcia. Our new Thursday events will be hosted by Christopher Murphy and will cover non-fiction. All Book Club events take place at the RAS Library. Below are our upcoming titles (full details on the website). Hope to see you at the events!
November 17 – ‘Big Breasts and Wide Hips’ by Mo Yan
November 20 – ‘The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently . . . and Why’ by Richard E. Nisbett
December 15 – ‘Nanjing 1937: A Love Story’ by Ye Zhaoyan
December 18 – ‘China’s War with Japan 1937-1945: A Struggle for Survival’ by Ranna Mitter
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