Eileen Chang & Su Qing: Selections from their Prose

Author: Eileen Chang, Su Qing, Shen Xiaolan, Yu Qing (editors)
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Eileen Chang and Su Qing were truly a "perfect match" as two "talented women" of their time, and they were also close friends. Eileen Chang once said, "Comparing myself to Bing Xin, Bai Wei, and others, I cannot feel proud at all. Only when comparing myself to Su Qing am I willing to do so." Meanwhile, the magazine Tian Di edited by Su Qing frequently published new works by Eileen Chang. There was neither envy between peers nor disdain among scholars between them. Therefore, we have compiled their novels and essays together to delight the readers. This book fully showcases the two women writers with vastly different artistic styles, demonstrating how they can write with simplicity yet delve deeply into a narrow emotional world. Following their words, you seem to be able to feel the sighs and smiles of women, as well as the sorrow and tremors deep in their souls. The richness and simplicity of humanity are all encompassed within. Additionally, several historical and reflective articles have been selected, such as the Shanghai Writers' Symposium, Mr. Tan Zhengbi's On Su Qing and Eileen Chang, and the dialogue between Eileen Chang and Su Qing, allowing readers to glimpse the atmosphere of the Shanghai literary scene in the 1940s.