Maze of Public Gardens
by Chen Danyan
About This Novel
Is there a "No Chinese or Dogs Allowed" sign? How did the first park in modern China come into being? A complicated and confusing public case has created a park with a legendary life... The novel tells the story of the Public Garden, a park with a legendary life due to the famous public case that "Chinese and dogs are not allowed to enter", from its construction to the present 150 years ago. In the author's writing, missionaries, young survivors of the Manchu and Republic of China, Chinese and English mixed-races, experts on Shanghai history, residents of the Bund, and children of educated youth who returned to Shanghai... All the characters have an indissoluble bond with the park. A microcosm of the historical changes of the society... The book is illustrated with nearly 50 pictures, citing some precious information on the iconic topic of "garden rules". The pictures, notes and quotations become another extension of the novel's content; together with the story, they vividly reproduce the past and present life of public gardens.
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