The Tent of Orange Mist: A Novel

New York: Scribner, 1995. First edition, first printing (full number line). Large octavo in orange and green illus DJ; 263 p.; 25 cm Fine in Fine DJ with remainder mark to top edge and very tiny bump to one corner. Hardcover. ISBN: 0684800314

"In Nanking, after its capture by the Japanese, a scholar's villa is turned into a brothel and his daughter forced into prostitution. The novel follows her relationship with the local commander whose ambition, until he is killed by her father, is to turn her into a perfect Japanese geisha. The girl survives the occupation and at war's end sues the Japanese government." Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Fiction. Bildungsromans. Historical fiction. Bildungsromane. China -- History -- 1937-1945 -- Fiction. Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) -- History -- Fiction. China -- History -- 1937-1945 -- Fiction.