Lust, Caution" Mrs. Mai, the beautiful young wife of a businessman, plays mahjong with Mrs. Yi and her friends. These women reach for happiness by pursuing romantic passion or luxuries or motherly care or wealth.

Lust, Caution" Mrs. Mrs. Yi's husband is an official in the Japanese backed government of Manchukuo. But Mrs. Mai is hiding something. In the Waiting Room" Piecing together the lives of people from bits of the gossip they exchange in a doctor's waiting room. Great Felicity" A young bride's wedding preparations and an old woman's unhappy reflections. Tragically they miss the good in themselves by following the path others expect of them. Vincent Poirier, Tokyo.

Eileen Chang (Zhang Ailing) was one such author looked down on by the May Fourth writers for her portrayals of love and life in wartime Shanghai or Hong Kong. However, in this collection, it becomes evidently clear that Chang's literary worth was understated by her peers during her lifetime and that she is a noted artist of the human condition. After reading the main short story in this collection though, I left the book for a few months, and only picked it up again to finish the rest of the collection much later. Having read Eileen Chang's other short story collection Love in a Fallen City, in a way I knew what to expect.

Lust, Caution (Chinese: 色，戒; pinyin: Sè, Jiè) is a novella by the Chinese writer Eileen Chang, first published in 1979. It is set in Shanghai and Hong Kong, Republic of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Reportedly, the short story "took Chang more than two decades to complete". The 2007 film of the same name by renowned Taiwanese director Ang Lee was an adaptation of this novel

A passionate tale of espionage, deception and love, "Lust, Caution" is accompanied here by four further dazzling short stories by Eileen Chang.

A passionate tale of espionage, deception and love, "Lust, Caution" is accompanied here by four further dazzling short stories by Eileen Chang. Серия: "Penguin Modern Classics". In 1940s Shanghai, beautiful young Jiazhi spends her days playing mahjong and drinking tea with high society ladies. But China is occupied by invading Japanese forces and things are not always what they seem in wartime. Jiazhi's life is a front. A patriotic student radical, her mission is to seduce a powerful employee of the occupying government and lead him to the assassin's bullet.

Books : Lust Caution: And Other Stories (Penguin Modern Classics) (Paperback). In 1940s Shanghai beautiful young Jiazhi spends her days playing mahjong and drinking tea with high society ladies

Books : Lust Caution: And Other Stories (Penguin Modern Classics) (Paperback). In 1940s Shanghai beautiful young Jiazhi spends her days playing mahjong and drinking tea with high society ladies. Penguin Books, Limited (UK).

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Lust, Caution: And Other Stories . A Game of Thrones: The Story Continues: The complete boxset of all 7 books (A Song of Ice and Fire) by George R. R. Martin, (223).

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A passionate tale of espionage, deception and love, Lust, Caution is accompanied here by four further dazzling short stories by Eileen Chang. Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN-10.

Zhang, Ailing; Schamus, James, 1959-; Wang, Huiling, 1964 .

Zhang, Ailing; Schamus, James, 1959-; Wang, Huiling, 1964-. Books for People with Print Disabilities. Internet Archive Books.

Eileen Chang's thrilling short story "Lust, Caution"-a devastating tale of love, betrayal, and manipulation set in. .

Eileen Chang's thrilling short story "Lust, Caution"-a devastating tale of love, betrayal, and manipulation set in Shanghai during World War II-marks with a forceful clarity her mastery of the form. Newly adapted into a major motion picture by Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee, Lust, Caution has become an equally remarkable addition to the work of one of the most internationally renowned directors. Included in this unique volume are the original story by Eileen Chang, as well as the screenplay by Wang Hui Ling and James Schamus. Key members of the production have written.

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