Divorce (novel)

Book by Lao She

Lihun (Divorce)

A 1933 edition of the novel

Author| Lao She
Language| Chinese
Set in| Chongqing
Published| 1933
Publication place| China
Cover of a 1949 edition

Divorce (simplified Chinese: 离婚; traditional Chinese: 離婚; pinyin: Líhūn) is a 1933 Chinese novel by Lao She, written in Chongqing, the temporary Chinese capital during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

The novel was also translated by Helena Kuo under another English title The Quest for Love of Lao Lee.

## English translations

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It was translated to English 2 times in 1948:

* Shu Ch'ing-ch'un (1948) [1943]. Divorce, Translated and Adapted from the Pekinese of Venerable Lodge. Translated by Evan King. King Publications.
* Lau Shaw (1948) [1943]. The Quest for Love of Lao Lee. Translated by Helena Kuo. Reynal & Hitchcock.

King's translation, no longer widely accessible, was unauthorized and heavily altered and abridged. Lao She who was in the United States from 1946 to 1949 had wanted the publication blocked, but his efforts were circumvented when King (pen name of Robert Spencer Ward) established his own publisher "King Publications" for the book. Lao She eventually took the matter to court and won the case. Meanwhile, he worked with Helena Kuo for an "authorized" translation, which also differed from the original but presumably with his approval. Kuo's translation was named The Quest for Love of Lao Lee to distinguish it from King's version.[1]

## Adaptations

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* Divorce, a 1992 Chinese film starring Zhao Youliang
* Divorce, a 1999 Chinese TV drama starring Ge You

## References

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1. ^ Zhang, Yingjin (1996). The City in Modern Chinese Literature & Film: Configurations of Space, Time, and Gender. Stanford University Press. p. 295\. ISBN 0804726825.

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Lao She

Novels and major stories|

* Lao Zhang's Philosophy (1926)
* Zhao Ziyue (1927)
* Mr Ma and Son (1929)
* Cat Country (1933)
* Divorce (1933)
* Rickshaw Boy (1936)
* This Life of Mine (1937)
* Four Generations Under One Roof (1943)

Plays|

* Peaches and Plums in the Spring Wind (1943)
* Longxugou (1951)
* Teahouse (1957)

Film adaptations|

* This Life of Mine (1950)
* Rickshaw Boy (1982)
* Mr. No Problem (2016)

People|

* Hu Jieqing

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