The City of Hope and the City of Demons: the "two" Shanghais in Chinese and Japanese Detective Novels During the Republic of China

About This Novel

Through a comparative study of Chinese detective novels and Japanese detective novels during the Republic of China, the book shows the citizen culture and daily life scenes described by Chinese writers using Shanghai as the stage. It reflects the critical spirit and patriotic enthusiasm of Chinese writers on social issues. It also analyzes the depraved and charming temperament exuded by Japanese writers in Shanghai, which attracts adventurers from all over the world to come and pan for gold. Through comparative observation of the two, multiple aspects of Shanghai can be pieced together, and the differences in literature and even culture between China and Japan can be explained.

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