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A New York Review Books Original “<A> giant of modern Chinese literature” – The New York Times "With language as sharp as a knife edge, Eileen Chang cut open a huge divide in Chinese culture, between the classical patriarchy and our troubled modernity. She was one of the very few... read more
First Sentence
GO AND fetch, will you please, a copper incense brazier, a family heirloom gorgeously encrusted now with moldy green, and light in it some pungent chips of aloeswood.
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- Eileen Chang (Author)
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