The winter station, a novel, Jody Shields
Type
Label
The winter station, a novel, Jody Shields
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-338)
Illustrations
maps
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The winter station
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
986953882
Responsibility statement
Jody Shields
Sub title
a novel
Summary
1910: People are dying at an alarming rate in the Russian-ruled city of Kharbin, a major railway outpost in northern China. Strangely, some of the dead bodies vanish before they can be identified. The Baron, a wealthy Russian aristocrat and the city's medical commissioner, is determined to stop this mysterious plague. Torn between duty and compassion, between Western medical science and respect for Chinese tradition, his allies include a French doctor, a black marketeer, and a charismatic Chinese dwarf. His greatest refuge is the intimacy he shares with his young Chinese wife--but she has secrets of her own