Beauty and Sorrow -- A Real Zhang Ailing (New Edition)

Author: Zhang Shengyin (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: She, as an outstanding writer in the history of Chinese literature, attracted millions of eyes not necessarily for her appearance, but for the unique fragrance emanating from her works. Her dreamlike legendary life, her eccentricity, aloofness, and arrogance, her mysterious background and enigmatic emotions formed her "beauty." Eileen Chang was a hedonist who transformed art into life and life into art, yet she was filled with a sense of tragedy in life. She came from a noble family but longed to be a self-reliant "commoner." She was compassionate yet detached, aloof and unsentimental. She understood human nature and worldly wisdom, yet she was unconventional in her dress and manner, standing out with her unique pride. In her writings, she could be close and familiar with readers, yet in reality, she kept a distance, preventing outsiders from peering into her inner world. She once achieved great fame, basked in the spotlight like a movie star, yet she lived a secluded life, isolated from the world.