Luxurious Time: The Splendor and Desolation of Shanghai

Author: Zhong Wenyin
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: Scenes of Shanghai in Eileen Chang's works, the past and present of Ruan Lingyu, and the contrast with today's bustling and glamorous Shanghai. The author conducted a unique search. Behind the modern high-rise buildings, there are still shadows of old Shanghai, and between the new and the old, it becomes even more enchanting. With keen observation and intellectual writing, the author records her search for Shanghai from the perspective of a traveler, capturing the human stories in the alleys and lanes, the eerie luxury of the "Ten Miles of Brocade," the romantic and fleeting lives of beauties, and a lingering sense of nostalgia for the times. Shanghai, this Chinese metropolis that has suddenly become a dream destination under media hype, reveals a different reality through Zhong Wenyin's delicate writing. Behind the dazzling exterior lies a very vivid local charm, which is truly the original face of Shanghai.