Love in a Fallen City (Paperback)

A New York Review Books Original
" A] giant of modern Chinese literature" "-The New York Times"
"With language as sharp as a knife edge, Eileen Chang cut open a huge divide in Chinese culture, between the classical patriarchy and our troubled modernity. She was one of the very few able truly to connect that divide, just as her heroines often disappeared inside it. She is the fallen angel of Chinese literature, and now, with these excellent new translations, English readers can discover why she is so revered by Chinese readers everywhere." "-"Ang Lee
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 fiction--tales of love, longing, and the shifting and endlessly treacherous shoals of family life. Written when Chang was still in her twenties, these extraordinary stories combine an unsettled, probing, utterly contemporary sensibility, keenly alert to sexual politics and psychological ambiguity, with an intense lyricism that echoes the classics of Chinese literature. "Love in a Fallen City," the first collection in English of this dazzling body of work, introduces American readers to the stark and glamorous vision of a modern master.

General

Imprint:	The New York Review Of Books, Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2006
First published:	October 2006
Authors:	Eileen Chang
Translators:	Karen S Kingsbury • Eileen Chang
Dimensions:	202 x 126 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	279
ISBN-13:	978-1-59017-178-3
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Chinese
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	1-59017-178-0
Barcode:	9781590171783

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