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In this "first of three novels written in English in the 1950s and 1960s by Eileen Chang," the author touches "on subjects hitherto unnoticed in her works: the politics of writing and writing about politics."--Foreword, p. vii-viii.
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Grave, prestige, classical in form and cool.
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
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- Author
- Ai-ling Chang
- First published
- 1963
- Pages
- 182
- Publisher
- University of California Press, Dragonfly Books
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780520210882
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