I am probably among a few still around who actually saw Shi Hui’ works. I remember being deeply touched by My Whole Life 我這一輩子 and Joys and Trepidations of Middle Age 哀樂中年 as a child and a teenager. Reading this article prompts me to think there is some similarity between Shi’s fate and that of Lao She–both seemed so eager to fit in with the PRC but both ended with a tragic suicide.
Lily Lee <l.lee@sydney.edu.au>