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From one of twentieth-century China's greatest writers and the author ofLust, Caution,this is an unforgettable story of a love affair set in 1930s Shanghai. Manjing is a young worker in a Shanghai factory, where she meets Shujun, 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.'A giant of modern Chinese literature' – The New York Times'Eileen Chang is the fallen angel of Chinese literature' – Ang Lee'Chang's world is a stark and mysterious place where people strive to find their way in love but often fail under the pressures of family, tradition, and reputation' – The New Yorker Eileen Chang: was born in Shanghai in 1920. She studied literature at the University of Hong Kong but returned to Shanghai in 1941 during the Japanese occu

Who reads Half a Lifelong Romance (Vintage International)?

Author

Eileen Chang

Publisher

Anchor Books (Penguin Random House)

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307387547

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Romance

Rating

3.96 / 5 (193 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14