A Many-Splendoured Thing
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Set against the turbulent backdrop of Hong Kong in the early 1950s, as Communist revolution reshapes mainland China and the Korean War looms, A Many-Splendoured Thing chronicles the passionate and doomed love affair between Han Suyin, a Eurasian doctor, and Mark Elliott, a married British war correspondent. Drawing directly from autobiography, the novel presents a story of profound emotional intimacy forged in a world fractured by political upheaval, racial prejudice, and colonial social strictures — a love that is beautiful precisely because it is so imperilled. Han Suyin writes with lyrical intensity and unflinching honesty, weaving personal heartbreak into a sweeping portrait of a civilization in the throes of transformation. The narrative illuminates the impossible tensions between East and West, duty and desire, identity and belonging — themes that resonate far beyond the particulars of its setting. Later immortalised by the Hollywood film and the iconic song Love Is a Many-Splendoured Thing, this deeply affecting work stands as one of the most celebrated romantic memoirs of the twentieth century, leaving the reader to wonder whether love alone can ever truly transcend the borders that history draws around us.
Author: Han Suyin
Format: Hardback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Set against the turbulent backdrop of Hong Kong in the early 1950s, as Communist revolution reshapes mainland China and the Korean War looms, A Many-Splendoured Thing chronicles the passionate and doomed love affair between Han Suyin, a Eurasian doctor, and Mark Elliott, a married British war correspondent. Drawing directly from autobiography, the novel presents a story of profound emotional intimacy forged in a world fractured by political upheaval, racial prejudice, and colonial social strictures — a love that is beautiful precisely because it is so imperilled. Han Suyin writes with lyrical intensity and unflinching honesty, weaving personal heartbreak into a sweeping portrait of a civilization in the throes of transformation. The narrative illuminates the impossible tensions between East and West, duty and desire, identity and belonging — themes that resonate far beyond the particulars of its setting. Later immortalised by the Hollywood film and the iconic song Love Is a Many-Splendoured Thing, this deeply affecting work stands as one of the most celebrated romantic memoirs of the twentieth century, leaving the reader to wonder whether love alone can ever truly transcend the borders that history draws around us.