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vibesa's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
prosenotbros's review against another edition
4.0
The strength of Eileen's authorial sensibility carries through in both her fiction and non-fiction. Easily identifiable with its attention to urban minutiae, considerations of sociocultural evolution, firm perspectives on art and gender – all shot through with a sharp, wry humor.
Her artistic ethos can be captured by this (a sort of literary feng shui, if you will): "I do not like heroics. I like tragedy and, even better, desolation. Heroism has strength but no beauty and thus seems to lack humanity. Tragedy, however, resembles the matching of bright red with deep green: an intense and unequivocal contrast. And yet it is more exciting than truly revelatory. The reason desolation resonates far more profoundly is that it resembles the conjunction of scallion green with peach red, creating an equivocal contrast."
Her artistic ethos can be captured by this (a sort of literary feng shui, if you will): "I do not like heroics. I like tragedy and, even better, desolation. Heroism has strength but no beauty and thus seems to lack humanity. Tragedy, however, resembles the matching of bright red with deep green: an intense and unequivocal contrast. And yet it is more exciting than truly revelatory. The reason desolation resonates far more profoundly is that it resembles the conjunction of scallion green with peach red, creating an equivocal contrast."
spacestationtrustfund's review
3.0
《流言》 (gossip, lit. 流 spread + 言 word) by Zhang Ailing (张爱玲). Translation by Andrew F. Jones.
coffeeandink's review
3.0
Essays on life in Hong Kong during WWI; variously reminiscent of Colette and Elizabeth Bowen. An acute attention to sensual detail.
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