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Set in the Republican-era Shanghai, Gu Man Zhen works as an assistant in a factory, while Gu Man Lu works at a nightclub to support the family. Gu Man Zhen falls in love with the wealthy Shen Shi Jun, a young engineer who happens to be engaged. Gu Man Lu marries the lustful Zhu Hong Cai, though is unable to prevent him from hankering after her younger sister. Gu Man Zhen and Shen Shi Jun meet ...
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8 mar 2016 · One of celebrated Chinese writer Eileen Chang’s most popular novels, “Half A Lifelong Romance” is going to be released next month by Anchor Books. Originally released as a serial under the name “18 Springs,” during 1950-51, Chang revisited the novel almost twenty years later and retitled it, yet it wasn’t until this version that the novel was available in English
Related TV series: Eighteen Springs (2003) Synopsis Set in Republican-era Shanghai, Gu Man Zhen works as an assistant in a factory, while Gu Man Lu works at a nightclub to support the family.
8 mar 2016 · Though this is, according to Kingsbury’s telling, Chang’s “most popular novel,” this edition marks its first English translation. And there’s plenty to savor. Chang’s attention to detail is meticulous, and the way the plot navigates societal mores and taboos calls to mind the work of Edith Wharton. The novel’s supporting ...
Lisa (NY) 1,718 reviews 744 followers. September 29, 2021. [4+] Piercing and wistful, Half a Lifelong Romance has the pacing of a 19th century novel with a straightforward writing style. Set in Shanghai in the 1930s, Chang explores love and loss amid the burdens of family and societal expectations. A quiet novel but unpredictable and compelling.
Half a Lifelong Romance. Eileen Chang. Penguin Books Limited, Jul 31, 2014 - Fiction - 400 pages. 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 ...
