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Wang Qiyao is a young girl infatuated with the glitz and glamour of 1940s Hollywood. After being discovered by an amateur photographer, Wang Qiyao competes in the Miss Shanghai beauty pageant of 1946 and wins the title of second runner-up. This fleeting moment of stardom becomes the pinnacle of Wang Qiyao's life.
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The Song of Everlasting Sorrow, Wang Anyi
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- Title
- The Song of Everlasting Sorrow
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Wang Anyi
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0231143435
- ISBN13
- 9780231143431
- Category
- World prose
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- Wang Qiyao is a young girl infatuated with the glitz and glamour of 1940s Hollywood. After being discovered by an amateur photographer, Wang Qiyao competes in the Miss Shanghai beauty pageant of 1946 and wins the title of second runner-up. This fleeting moment of stardom becomes the pinnacle of Wang Qiyao's life.