Love in Fallen City by Eileen Chang - Book Report/Review Example

Love in Fallen by Eileen Chang ''''Introduction:' Eileen Chang, the significant modern Chinese died in 1995 in USA. The worth of her work was not only acknowledged in mainland China, in Taiwan and in Hong Kong but her work is acknowledged across the globe also. She emerged on the literary scene with her moving'stories; written when Chang was still in her twenties. In A New York Review Books Original her talent was acclaimed as, "These extraordinary stories combine an unsettled, probing, utterly contemporary sensibility, keenly alert to sexual politics and psychological ambiguity, with an intense lyricism that echoes the classics of Chinese literature."'' The critics like Ang Lee acknowledge her deep understanding of Chinese culture and also her perception of the modern world.'Hussain (2008) is of the view that "Chang owes her original style to the classical vernacular fiction of the dynasties of Ming and Qing and to the European literature of 19th century and of early 20th century "that nurtured her precocious literary imagination." ' 'The New York Review of Books Read More