Half a lifelong romance
Subtitle: a novel
By: Eileen Chang ; translated by Karen S. Kingsbury
Contributors: Kingsbury, Karen S., translator
Edition: First Anchor books edition.
Publisher: Anchor Books, a Division of Random House LLC
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9780307387547
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Translations into English; Man-woman relationships; Fiction
Work titles: Ban sheng yuan
Description: "Shanghai, 1930s. Shen Shijun, a young engineer, has fallen in love with his colleague, the beautiful Gu Manzhen. He is determined to resist his family's efforts to match him with his wealthy cousin so that he can marry the woman he truly loves. But dark circumstances--a lustful brother-in-law, a treacherous sister, a family secret--force the two young lovers apart. As Manzhen and Shijun go on their separate paths, they lose track of one another, and their lives become filled with feints and schemes, missed connections and tragic misunderstandings. At every turn, societal expectations seem to thwart their prospects for happiness. Still, Manzhen and Shijun dare to hold out hope--however slim--that they might one day meet again. A glamorous, wrenching tale set against the glittering backdrop of an extraordinary city, Half a Lifelong Romance is a beloved classic from one of the essential writers of twentieth-century China"--
Notes: Translation from the Chinese of: Ban sheng yuan.