The Song of Everlasting Sorrow (novel)
 cover of the Berry and Chan Egan's 2008 English translation published by Columbia University Press | |
| Author | Wang Anyi |
|---|---|
| Original title | 长恨歌 Chang Hen Ge |
| Translator | Michael Berry & Susan Chan Egan |
| Country | China |
| Language | Chinese |
| Set in | 20th-century Shanghai |
Publication date | 1995 |
The Song of Everlasting Sorrow is a 1995 Chinese novel by Wang Anyi. It was translated into English in 2008 by Michael Berry and Susan Chan Egan.[1]
The novel follows a Shanghai woman Wang Qiyao from the 1940s to the 1980s.
Awards and nominations
- 1998 4th Shanghai Literary and Art Award
- 2000 5th Mao Dun Literature Prize
In addition, the English translation was awarded Honorable Mention at the 2009 MLA Lois Roth Award for an outstanding translation of a literary work.
Adaptations
- Everlasting Regret, a 2005 Hong Kong film directed by Stanley Kwan starring Sammi Cheng as Wang Qiyao
- To Live, To Love, a 2006 Chinese TV series produced by Kwan starring Huang Yi and Maggie Cheung Ho-yee as Wang
References
- ↑ Wang Anyi; Michael Berry (Translator), Susan Chan Egan (Translator) (2008). The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-14342-7.