Pasjonująca autobiografia łączy w sobie brutalny realizm z ciepłem i poezją. Ujawnia prawdziwe oblicze chińskiego socjalistycznego dobrobytu i pokazuje, że człowiek o rozbudzonej świadomości może odmienić własny los

Originally titled "Daughter of Hunger," this ia a thoroughly engaging, inspirational autobiography of a young woman writer coming of age during the Great Famine of China. Hong Ying provides a vivid account of growing up on the banks of the Yangtze River amongst severe impoverishment, political oppression and intense familial strain. This is an honest story of a woman's struggle for civil liberation in a land whose river symbolizes, for her, the spirit and unity of her people

夜降临太早，这场雨真的永远没完。上海的马路，像一个个织妇的手把细丝般的水掂捏成一束，从路四角汇集到铁阴沟盖，汩汩地流下去。下水道被如此泡过几个星 期之后，潮气升出，带着磷火的蓝光，幽幽地游动在四周。法租界兰心大戏院门口人头攒动，伞和尖顶的雨衣密密麻麻占了蒲石路迈而西爱路口。这不奇怪，每晚都 如此，今天令人不安的是似有若无的说法。事情已经发生，事情正在发生。

Set in 1930s China, this is a true but tragic tale of romance, sexual desire, and untimely death. Beautiful, intelligent, and schooled in the Daoist arts of love, Lin is married to a provincial university professor. Julian Bell, son of Vanessa Bell, and darling of the Bloomsbury set, has arrived in China, hungry for experience. Their mutual attraction leads to a passionate phy-sical and spiritual sojourn in Beijing. Unable to realize their love in a society divided by cultural conflict and the threat of war, they eventually part: Julian to fight for the Loyalists in Spain and Lin to contemplate suicide in her husband's house. 他的脸触到她的面颊，好烫，她的嘴唇很红。他轻轻吻她的脸，脖颈，寻找她的嘴唇，他的一只手从她的腰摸到她的肩，移到前面薄薄的旗袍覆盖着的乳房，她无法遮掩的坚挺起来的乳头，马上使他冲动起来。他们被激情燃烧得透不过气来… 虹影的《英国情人》属于苏童一路，她把人物的心性刻划得相当充分，她的叙述不断地对人物的感觉体验和内心活动进行辩析，但又不繁琐，始终保持一种明晰和流畅。从这一意义来说，虹影的小说叙述功夫已经相当到位，没有什么理由不认为她是一个称职而出色的小说家。