Long Regret (Representative Masterpiece of Long of Contemporary Famous Chinese Writers)

Author: Wang Anyi
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: The forty years of love and passion of a woman are written with a delicate and brilliant pen, making it poignant and full of ups and downs. In the 1940s, Wang Qiyao, still a high school student, was chosen as the "Miss Shanghai," marking the beginning of her fateful life. She became the "canary in the cage" of a high-ranking official, transforming from a girl to a true woman. After the liberation of Shanghai, the official met with misfortune, and Wang Qiyao became an ordinary citizen. On the surface, her days were as ordinary as water, but the tides of her emotions never calmed. Her complex relationships with several men were all destined. In the 1980s, at the age of wisdom, Wang Qiyao could not escape her fate, becoming entangled in an abnormal love affair with her daughter's male classmate. Ultimately, she was accidentally killed and met her end.