Shanghai, 1930s. Shen Shijun, a young engineer, has fallen in love with his colleague, the beautiful Gu Manzhen. He is determined to resist his family s efforts to match him with his wealthy cousin so that he can marry her. But dark circumstances a lustful brother-in-law, a treacherous sister, a family secret force the two young lovers apart. As Manzhen and Shijun go on their separate paths, they lose track of one another, and their lives become filled with feints and schemes, missed connections and tragic misunderstandings. At every turn, societal expectations seem to thwart their prospects for happiness. Still, Manzhen and Shijun dare to hold out hope however slim that they might one day meet again. A glamorous, wrenching tale set against the glittering backdrop of an extraordinary city, "Half a Lifelong Romance" is a beloved classic from one of the essential writers of twentieth-century China."

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張愛玲不朽的文學世界，從《半生緣》開始！
一句「我們都回不去了」，揪盡千萬讀者的心！


有一個場景，在多年以後，還是讓曼楨深深地眷戀著：她與世鈞並肩走在馬路上，看著黃色的大月亮從蒼茫的人海中升起，像一盞街燈低低地懸在街頭，無言地召喚著如夢的青春。

然而所有的美好卻像在醞釀一個不祥的預兆！曼楨怎麼也沒想到，她與世鈞最快樂的光陰竟是如此短暫，在那以後，她將度過一段怎麼也無法回首的歲月！

當時光流轉，曼楨在偶然的機緣與戀人重逢時，一句「世鈞，我們回不去了。」所有關於愛情的千迴百轉、關於生命的千瘡百孔，瞬間都化為惘然。而世鈞也才終於發覺，原來愛不是熱情、不是懷念，愛不過是歲月，年深月久就成了生活的一部分……

《半生緣》是張愛玲初露鋒芒的首部長篇小說，一推出旋即震撼文壇，更屢次被改編為電影、電視劇、舞台劇，廣受眾人喜愛。她以極其細膩的生花妙筆刻劃「愛情」與「時間」，直截了當地透視時代環境下世態炎涼、聚散無常的本質。故事中交錯複雜又無疾而終的愛戀令人不勝唏噓，卻又讓人長掛心頭，如此懸念！