Written on Water - Paperback
by Eileen Chang
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Availability:In StockContributor:Eileen Chang, Andrew F. Jones (Translator), Andrew F. Jones (Editor)Publish date:2023-05-02Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York Review of BooksISBN-13:9781681375762ISBN-10:1681375761UPC:9781681375762Book Category:Literary Criticism, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Asian, Women Authors, EssaysBook Topic:ChineseSize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCYZ2HYK4M
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 modern Chinese novelists and essayists of the twentieth century. First published in 1944, and just as beloved as her fiction in the Chinese-speaking world, Written on...
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York Review of BooksISBN-13:9781681375762ISBN-10:1681375761UPC:9781681375762Book Category:Literary Criticism, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Asian, Women Authors, EssaysBook Topic:ChineseSize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCYZ2HYK4M
Eileen Chang (1920-1995) was a Chinese writer, born into an aristocratic family in Shanghai. She studied literature at the University of Hong Kong until the Japanese attack on the city in 1941 forced her to return to occupied Shanghai, where she was able to publish the stories and essays--collected in two volumes, Romances and Written on Water--that soon made her a literary star. After moving to...
Publisher: New York Review of Books
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Eileen Chang, Andrew F. Jones (Translator), Andrew F. Jones (Editor)
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