Journey to a War – $445
by rgonzalezr
Record of a journey from Hong Kong to Shanghai, made by Christopher Isherwood and W.H. Auden between February and June, 1938. The writers had been commissioned by their publisher to write a travel book about the East, the choice of itinerary left to their own discretion. With the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, the pair decided to go to China. As Isherwood says in the foreword: “We spoke no Chinese, and possessed no special knowledge of Far Eastern affairs.” […]
Categories: Guerra, Viajes • Tags: Auden, China, Christopher Isherwood, Faber & Faber, Hong Kong, Japan, Shanghai, Travel, war