Afterglow

Author: Eileen Chang
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Publish Date: 1997-03-01
Features: Eileen Chang's characters have no friends, no family, and no "love." Even the men and women who come together under the name of love are tainted with various hues. In Love and Hate, the way Chun Yu Dunfeng and Mi Jingyao support each other is seen by others as a loving couple, but Dunfeng knows in her heart: "Isn't it all for money? I take care of him, but it's also for my own benefit—anyway, everyone understands that." These men and women seem to have even lost simple love songs, leaving only a strong desire to grasp something tangible, something material. This book mainly includes Preface, After the Curtain Falls, The Religion of the Chinese People, Short of Breath but Full of Emotion and Others, Photographs at the Beginning of the Book and Others, Echoes, My View of Su Qing, A Touch of Glamour, and Little Ai.