I found this book of sketches by Eileen Chang in a curio shop in a cute little Hutong near the Lama temple.
Chang is a well-known Chinese writer for did her best known work in the ’40s/’50s. She’s a fascinating woman. You can read a little about her here: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/KD29Ad01.html
Here are some of my favourites:
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- When We Were Young: Cynthia, 1943
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- Love in a Fallen City: Bai Liusu, 1943
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- Love in a Fallen City: Saheiyini, 1943
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- Drama: The prudish: either to commit suicide or to marry a revolutionist, 1944
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- Little People: She could be cruel to servants and her own children. 1944
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- Little People ‘Oh well, frankly, one can’t really ignore that……’ 1944
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- Youth: Giggly, loud, serious, worrisome: when it’s there it’s hardly noticeable, when it is noticed, it is noticeably fading away. 1944
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- Collected drawings of Eileen Chang, 1936 – 1946
