Half a life's fate

Author: Eileen Chang
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Eileen Chang's rewriting project spanned nearly a year and a half before it was finally completed. The new novel was first serialized under the title "Memoirs of a Lost Love" in the February to July 1967 issue of the Taipei "Crown" magazine. In March 1969, the new novel was published as the sixth volume in the series of Eileen Chang's works by the Crown Publishing House in Taiwan, with the title finalized as "Half a Lifetime of Love." The rewriting of "Half a Lifetime of Love" from "Eighteen Springs" highlights Eileen Chang's new artistic conception and is a brilliant rekindling of the "Love at First Sight Aesthetics" unique to Eileen Chang. Although it shares the same roots with "Eighteen Springs," it bears different and more vivid fruits. The "Half a Lifetime of Love" included in this book is based on the original edition and has been meticulously proofread. As a writer with a distinct personal style, Eileen Chang's novels are particularly meticulous in word choice. In addition to skillfully incorporating local dialects, she often employs unconventional expressions that deviate from contemporary writing norms. To preserve the original text and richness of Eileen Chang's prose, this book makes no changes unless there are obvious errors or omissions. This is specially noted.