The novel begins with this mournful monologue from a Chinese opera called "Death of Sandalwood": A fiery, red ball of light appeared in the vast eastern sky. From Qingdao emerged a red-haired, green-eyed German army to defile the graves of our ancestors by laying a railway.
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The novel begins with this mournful monologue from a Chinese opera called "Death of Sandalwood": A fiery, red ball of light appeared in the vast eastern sky. From Qingdao emerged a red-haired, green-eyed German army to defile the graves of our ancestors by laying a railway.