num_pages: 321
description: 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.
language: English
title: Love in a Fallen City
titlecomplete: Love in a Fallen City
genres: China, Classics, Short Stories, Asia, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, 20th Century, Chinese Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 3842
places: China, Taiwan
publisher: NYRB Classics