Young at the Time

Name: Young at the Time
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ISBN: 9781529985979

Eileen Chang, Karen S. Kingsbury, Jie Zhang

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Vintage Classics
20 October 2026

Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Short stories; Fiction in translation

Series: Brief Encounters

Experience a BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Eileen Chang, 'a giant of modern Chinese literature' The New York Times, in this breathtaking, newly translated collection of her most masterful stories on love, regret and nostalgia.

From one of the great Chinese authors of the twentieth century, these newly translated stories illuminate the most intimate matters of the human heart

Since childhood, Ruliang has sketched the same face in the margins of his books, tracing its lines without knowing why. Years later, he meets Cynthia - and recognises it at once. As their lives draw together and drift apart, what once seemed like fate begins to feel more uncertain. In these brief, evocative stories, Eileen Chang traces the pull of memory, love and chance.

Includes the stories- Young at the Time, Blossoms Afloat, Flowers Adrift and Those Old Schoolmates They're All Quite Classy Now

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS- classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days

By: Eileen Chang
Translated by: Karen S. Kingsbury, Jie Zhang
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 116g
ISBN: 9781529985979
ISBN 10: 1529985978
Series: Brief Encounters
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 20 October 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Eileen Chang was born in Shanghai in 1920. She studied literature at the University of Hong Kong but returned to Shanghai in 1941 during the Japanese occupation, where she established her reputation as a literary star. She moved to America in 1955 and died in Los Angeles in 1995.