Nanjing requiem

Pages: 288
Published: 2012
Language: English

During the 1937 attack on Nanjing, American missionary and women's college dean Minnie Vautrin decides to remain at her school during a violent Japanese attack that renders the school a refugee center for ten thousand women and children.

Prose complexity: 7/10

Sad Emotional Tense Thought-Provoking

Survival Sacrifice

Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Military

Ha Jin

Ha Jin is a Chinese-American author who writes historical fiction and stories about the immigrant experience. He is best known for his novel War Trash and the National Book Award-winning Waiting. His books focus on how ordinary people navigate life during times of political change.