Eileen Chang is now recognized as one of the greatest modern Chinese writers, though she was completely erased from official histories in chinese mainland. These previously unpublished, semi-autobiographical novels depict in gripping detail her childhood years in Tianjin and Shanghai, as well as her student days in Hong Kong during World War II, and shed light on the construction of selfhood in her other novels.
##看不出诗意,也认不出张爱玲。
##读了原版才知道翻译后的有些失真
##Unfinished. When will I read it again?
##边看边学英语
##不得不说爱玲的英文真是蛮晦涩的。
##她夹在中美之间两方都想讨好却又克不住自己本性的句子多么痛苦迷人啊
##她夹在中美之间两方都想讨好却又克不住自己本性的句子多么痛苦迷人啊
##It is completely a bore. No wonder Eileen Chang lost her charm in the West. Her attempt of luring Western readers by constantly adding Chinese elements in a rigid way to which I believe a great many foreigners have the faintest clue is fatal.
##i'm lovin' it