The stories in Eileen Chang's writings have a lingering charm, and she herself was a legend. This book tells the story of Eileen Chang before she became a legend: at that time, she was just a nineteen-year-old female student, wearing thick glasses, anxious about exams, and worried about living expenses—"very ordinary, very ordinary." It's hard to imagine that four years later, she would become that aloof and independent female writer. Professor Huang Xincun, through meticulous research and close reading of historical materials and texts, vividly portrays the presence of figures like Xu Dishan and Franz in Eileen Chang's world, taking us back to Eileen Chang's quiet yet vibrant university days, back to that intense and chaotic wartime Hong Kong, and calmly explaining the answer to the mystery of how she "became Eileen Chang."
张爱玲笔下的故事余韵悠长，她本人也是一个传奇。本书讲述的是成为传奇之前的张爱玲：那时的她只是一个十九岁的女学生，戴着厚厚眼镜，会因为考试焦虑，会担心生活费，“很普通，很普通”。实在让人很难想象，四年后，她将成为那位睥睨人世的“孤芳”女作家。黄心村教授钩沉史料，精读文本，凭借一手资料、文本互证等，栩栩如生地勾画出许地山、弗朗士等人在张爱玲世界的出现，让我们回到张爱玲静默但水汽十足的大学时代，回到那个浓烈、纷乱的战时香港，不动声色地讲解着何以“成为张爱玲”这一谜题的答案。
张爱玲笔下的故事余韵悠长，她本人也是一个传奇。本书讲述的是成为传奇之前的张爱玲：那时的她只是一个十九岁的女学生，戴着厚厚眼镜，会因为考试焦虑，会担心生活费，“很普通，很普通”。实在让人很难想象，四年后，她将成为那位睥睨人世的“孤芳”女作家。黄心村教授钩沉史料，精读文本，凭借一手资料、文本互证等，栩栩如生地勾画出许地山、弗朗士等人在张爱玲世界的出现，让我们回到张爱玲静默但水汽十足的大学时代，回到那个浓烈、纷乱的战时香港，不动声色地讲解着何以“成为张爱玲”这一谜题的答案。
