Overview: Presents the first English translation of ‘The Adventures of Ma Suzhen‘, an exciting, all-action novel published in 1920s Shanghai.Features an illuminating academic essay that contextualises the comicThe comic novel, .The Adventures of Ma Suzhen,. was written during a highpoint in the popularity of .xia. “knight-errant” fiction. It is an action-packed tale of a young woman who takes revenge for her brother, Ma Yongzhen, a gangster and performing strongman, who has been murdered by a rival gang in China’s most cosmopolitan city, Shanghai. After publication of the book in 1923, the cha
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