{"title":"Eileen Chang","description":"\u003cp\u003eEileen Chang's works offer a delicate yet incisive exploration of human relationships and societal tensions, often set against the backdrop of 20th-century China. Her storytelling intertwines lyrical prose with keen observations on love, identity, and the complexities of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect richly detailed narratives that evoke deep emotional resonance and subtle reflections on tradition and modernity. 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Man-made and natural disasters bring about the threat of famine, while China's involvement in the Korean War further deepens the peasants' misery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChang's chilling depiction of the peasants' desperate attempts to survive both the impending famine and government abuse makes for spellbinding reading. Her critique of communism rewrites the land-reform discourse at the same time it lays bare the volatile relations between politics and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853348720876,"sku":"9780520210882","price":100.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5329153482373.jpg?v=1759197820"},{"product_id":"young-at-the-time-by-eileen-chang-9781529985979","title":"Young at the Time","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExperience a \u003cem\u003eBRIEF ENCOUNTER\u003c\/em\u003e with Eileen Chang, 'a giant of modern Chinese literature' \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, in this breathtaking, newly translated collection of her most masterful stories on love, regret and nostalgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom one of the great Chinese authors of the twentieth century, these newly translated stories illuminate the most intimate matters of the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSince childhood, Ruliang has sketched the same face in the margins of his books, tracing its lines without knowing why. Years later, he meets Cynthia—and recognises it at once. As their lives draw together and drift apart, what once seemed like fate begins to feel more uncertain. 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