Half a Lifelong Romance
 cover of 2014 English translation published by Penguin Classics | |
| Author | Eileen Chang |
|---|---|
| Original title | 半生緣 Ban Sheng Yuan |
| Translator | Karen Kingsbury |
| Country | China |
| Language | Chinese |
| Set in | 20th-century Shanghai |
Publication date | 1948 |
Half a Lifelong Romance (半生緣) is a Chinese novel by Eileen Chang. It was initially serialized on a Shanghai newspaper Yi Bao (亦報) in 1948, under the title Eighteen Springs (十八春). The novel was published as a book in 1950. In 1966, Chang edited the book in the United States and republished it under the title Half a Lifelong Romance in Taiwan.
The novel was translated to English in 2014 by Karen S. Kingsbury.
Adaptations
- Eighteen Springs, a 1997 Hong Kong film
- Affair of Half a Lifetime, a 2002 Chinese TV series