Biography of Eileen Chang

Author: Yu Qing
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: Life is a stage, and individuals cannot escape from playing a certain role in it. Eileen Chang, however, gazes from afar at this life stage. She is not the director but acts as an interpreter, narrating with her pen the characters of past or ongoing life dramas. At the same time, Eileen Chang is distinctly different from many female writers of her time. She is also an audience seated in the balcony, detached and observing without entering the roles. She is cold and detached, turning over the bottom of life for us and for herself to see. This book is divided into three parts—Upper, Middle, and Lower—each introducing the life of Eileen Chang. The detailed contents include Preface, Upper Part, Chapter Splendid Childhood, Chapter 2 Remarkable Talent and Free Spirit, Chapter 3 Urban Hardships; Middle Part, Chapter 4 Emerging into the World, Chapter 5 Reflection by Water, Chapter 6 Love Across the City, Chapter 7 The Fall of Splendor; Lower Part, Chapter 8 Solitary Journey, Chapter 9 Spiritual Garden, Chapter 10 Reclusive World, Appendix, The Death of Eileen Chang (Novel), Chronology of Little Eileen, Afterword, Dust Settled.