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An overcast of melancholy paired with a cinematic touch makes this story of star-crossed lover in 1930s and 1940’s Shanghai so heartrending.
This is one of Ms. Chang’s most popular novels and was originally serialized in 1948 in a Shanghai magazine but finally thanks to translator, Karen S. Kingsbury recently published.
While at times this novel moves along at the pace of a soap opera, the reader will be so engrossed in the couple’s lives that they will be anxious to read if they finally grabbed t ...more
This is one of Ms. Chang’s most popular novels and was originally serialized in 1948 in a Shanghai magazine but finally thanks to translator, Karen S. Kingsbury recently published.
While at times this novel moves along at the pace of a soap opera, the reader will be so engrossed in the couple’s lives that they will be anxious to read if they finally grabbed t ...more
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