Writer’s Desk: Journey to the Other Side of the World
Excerpted from “Shanghai, Before and After the Fall-Caught Between Two Chairs”
by Fredy Seidel
The S.S. Scharnhorst slowly entered Shanghai Harbour while many of the passengers stood on deck watching their approach into the harbor. The smell and sight of human refuse in the river was overwhelming.
Further down the Yangtse towards land hundreds of sampans (little sail boats) crowded in on the Scharnhorst with their crews yelling up to the passengers in a language the passengers did not understand. […] read online…
