Selected Works of Yang Jiang: Novels. Plays

Author: Yang Jiang
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Yang Jiang's life can be said to have dedicated a significant portion to her husband, Qian Zhongshu. However, Qian Zhongshu's fame did not overshadow her own achievements: A Bath for the Soul, Don Quixote, Gil Blas, and Six Records from Dry School all emerged quietly one after another. Though lacking earth-shattering masterpieces, they are like thistles fiercely blooming on the plains, striving for survival with their struggling green. Selected Works of Yang Jiang (Fiction and Drama) collects five of the author's short stories and two comedies. The short stories Lulu, Don't Worry! and Early Spring were written in the 1930s and 1940s, while the three others, such as "A Great Joke" and "A Beauty," were composed in the late 1970s. All the short stories are set in the daily lives of young students and intellectuals, reading smoothly and humorously. The comedies A Perfect Match and Forged Love were written and performed during the war-torn Shanghai under Japanese occupation, directed and acted by renowned artists, and garnered immense popularity, marking Yang Jiang's breakthrough.