{"product_id":"souls-left-behind-a-ww1-chinese-labour-corps-novel-9781838905972","title":"Souls Left Behind: A WW1 Chinese Labour Corps Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eZhang Delun, a Chinese Labour Corps soldier, is missing and his 85th birthday feast is going cold. He has survived and found roots in a foreign land, but no one has told his stories or listened to him. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 312 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 31 May 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: ACA Publishing Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZhang Delun, formerly known as 58909, was a member of the Chinese Labour Corps, which consisted of 140,000 individuals. They sailed eastward during the final years of the Great War, bound for France to toil behind the trenches. Many of them never returned home. Zhang's father is missing, and his 85th birthday feast is going cold. Despite the horror of the situation, Zhang has managed to survive and find roots in this foreign land with the help of Marguerite. The battlefields have long since healed, and the cornflowers have taken over, leaving the graves of Zhang's comrades as gravestones. Zhang tends to them, ensuring that they are not forgotten characters of a language that no local understands. However, Zhang worries about who will speak for them when he is gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 450g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 216 x 140 x 18 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781838905972\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fan Wu","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":46167897571578,"sku":"9781838905972","price":11.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1717187369668_book.jpg?v=1717331220","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/souls-left-behind-a-ww1-chinese-labour-corps-novel-9781838905972","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}