Blue Book Classic Collection

Divorce is Lao She's personally satisfying work of maturity, which has been adapted into a film and a TV series with the same name. For readers who enjoy Lao She's works, this book is worth reading again and again.The novel depicts the comical conflicts surrounding marriage and family issues faced by Mr. Zhang, a clerk from the financial department in Peking, and Mr. Li, a city intellectual, revealing the living conditions of ordinary intellectuals during that period.The story is simple yet intricate, with Lao She depicting the vulgarity of small-town citizens, the stubbornness of traditional concepts, and the superficiality of modern youth in a vivid manner. However, Lao She is not harsh; his humor is kind, gentle, and subtle. He sympathizes with and understands every character.