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Shanghai, 1930s. Shen Shijun, a young engineer, has fallen in love with his colleague, the beautiful Gu Manzhen. He is determined to resist his family's efforts to match him with his wealthy cousin so that he can marry her. But dark circumstances--a lustful brother-in-law, a... Read Full Overview

This book is Eileen Changs first full-length novel and was serialized on the monthly newspaper Crown from Feb. to July in 1967 with the topic Lost in Mind after revision by Eileen Chang, in July 1969 the Crown press published the separate edition of this book and renamed it as... Read Full Overview

This book is Eileen Changs first full-length novel and was serialized on the monthly newspaper Crown from Feb. to July in 1967 with the topic Lost in Mind after revision by Eileen Chang, in July 1969 the Crown press published the separate edition of this book and renamed it as... Read Full Overview

From one of twentieth-century China's greatest writers and the author of Lust, Caution comes an unforgettable story of a love affair set in 1930s Shanghai.

Manzhen is a young worker in a Shanghai factory where she meets Shijun, the son of wealthy merchants. Despite... Read Full Overview