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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books But how sweet a fruit the suppose must be, that people will sup and sup on it! A juicy fruit, like a lychee but without the pit, sparkling and light green: a fruit that hides the tart within the swee
In 1940s Shanghai, beautiful young Jiazhi spends her days playing mahjong and drinking tea with high society ladies. But China is occupied by invading Japanese forces and things are not always what they seem in wartime. Jiazhis life is a front. A patrioti
Eileen Chang is one of the great writers of twentieth-century China, where she enjoys a passionate following both on the mainland and in Taiwan. At the heart of Chang's achievement is her short fictiontales of love, longing, and the shifting and endle
Masterful short works about passion, family, and human relationships by one of the greatest writers of 20th century China. A New York Review Books Original " A] giant of modern Chinese literature" - The New York Times With language as sharp as a
Hun spærrede øjnene op og stirrede frem for sig, de solide, små guldvedhæng i hendes ører var som kobbersøm, der naglede hende til døren en sommerfugl i en glasæske, farvestrålende og fortvivlet. Eileen Chang (1920-1995), der i dag betegnes som en af Sha
Hun så rundt, værelset virkede provinsielt, men provinsielt på en raffineret måde. Madame Liang sad henslængt i en lænestol med det ene ben op over armlænet, en højhælet guldtøffel dinglede yderst på tåen og kunne falde på gulvet med et smæld når som hels
Now back in print, these witty, insightful ssays on fashion, cinema, wartime, and everyday life demonstrate why Eileen Chang was and is a major icon of twentieth-century Chinese literature. Eileen Chang is one of the most celebrated and influential modern
The first of Eileen Chang's novels to be written in English, The Rice-Sprout Song portrays the horror and absurdity that the land-reform movement brings to a southern village in China during the early 1950s. Contrary to the hopes of the peasants in th