A review by audreychiao
Love in a Fallen City by Eileen Chang

5.0

4.5/5 stars. 張愛玲’s writing is gorgeous and romantic, but her stories are cruel and heart-wrenching. She has a very bleak, and often times realistic, view of the world. She is able to pull at the reader’s heartstrings. I rooted for many of her characters, but the trauma and the social-political environment won over the characters. The story I will remember the most is “Jasmine Tea,” not because it was my favorite. In fact it was the one I hated because of the horrific mental and physical violence. The other stories were depressing yet beautiful. I want to read her essays, watch movies that have been adapted from her stories, and learn more about her life.