Издательство: Penguin, 2014
Переводчик: Kingsbury Karen S.
Переплёт: Мягкая обложка, 378 страниц
Серия: Penguin Modern Classics
Категория: Классическая зарубежная проза на английском языке
ISBN: 9780141189390
Формат: 196x127x24 мм, 292 г
📘 From one of twentieth-century China's greatest writers and the author of Lust, Caution, this is 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 family complications, they fall in love and begin to dream of a shared life together - until circumstances force them apart. When they are reunited after a separation of many years, can they start their relationship again? Or is it destined to be the romance of only half a lifetime? This affectionate and captivating novel tells the moving story of an enduring love affair, and offers a fascinating window onto Chinese life in the first half of the twentieth century.