REVIEWS
Thrilling and absorbing White Shanghai is a kind of Shogun, The Last Samurai, or Last Empire type of book with a Russian twist. Masterly synthesizing diverse cultures, the author projects the reader straight onto the stage of modern history with her multi-faceted take on life, making for utterly absorbing reading.
— Book Review
This is a whole new world. Something truly unique.
— Pro Vse, Moscow daily newspaper
The book is fascinating!
— Vsegda Zhenschina, Moscow monthly magazine for women
White Shanghai wonderfully conveys the atmosphere of the early 20th century. We all need an example to follow and instinctively start seeking it in the past. Elegant fashion, the tango and the Charleston, political events in which one can immediately see the hero and the coward, bubbling energy and passion—all of this is lacking in our lives filled with computers and offices.
— Utro.ru, one of the most popular Russian news websites
The boldest debut of the spring book season was the weighty tome White Shanghai by Elvira Baryakina. A good omen for Russia, mass market literature bears characteristics of a quality intellectual read. The result is neither stupid nor tedious, but strikes a happy medium.
— Russkaya Mysl, literary monthly
The book White Shanghai contains all the elements of an exciting plot—adventure, drama, life scenery, and love.
— RIA Novosti news agency
White Shanghai has a uniqueness which is rarely encountered in contemporary literature: this novel is multifaceted. Each character—whether the witty journalist Klim Rogov, a semiliterate defrocked priest, or a young member of a fascist organization—has his own easily recognizable voice.
— Extra M, national weekly
The novel turned out refreshing and gripping.
— Moskovskiy Komsomolets, national daily
