Set on the eve of the Rape of Nanjing - when Japanese troops invaded this historic capital city, massacred hundreds of thousands, and committed thousands of rapes -Nanjing 1937 is a tender and humorous story of an impossible love and a lively, detailed historical portrait of a people on the verge of destruction.

Contents

Notes and Acknowledgments

Translator's Introduction

NANJING 1937: A LOVE STORY

Author's Afterword

Glossary of Historical Figures