Half a Lifelong Romance [electronic resource]
Eileen Chang2014
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From one of twentieth-century China's greatest writers and the author of Lust,
Caution, this is an unforgettable story of a love affair set in 1930s Shanghai.
Manjing is a young worker in a Shanghai factory, where she meets Shujun, the son
of wealthy merchants. Despite family complications, they fall in love and begin
to dream of a shared life together - until circumstances force them apart. When
they are reunited after a separation of many years, can they start their
relationship again? Or is it destined to be the romance of only half a lifetime?
This affectionate and captivating novel tells the moving story of an enduring
love affair, and offers a fascinating window onto Chinese life in the first half
of the twentieth century.
Eileen Chang was born in Shanghai in 1920. She studied literature at the
University of Hong Kong but returned to Shanghai in 1941 during the Japanese
occupation, where she established her reputation as a literary star. She moved
to America in 1...
Main title:
Half a Lifelong Romance [electronic resource] / Eileen Chang
Author:
Eileen Chang, Author
Imprint:
United Kingdom : Penguin, 2014
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (400 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780141395005
Language:
English
BRN:
428676
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |