El Verano de la Traición

Synopsis of El Verano de la Traición

«El Verano de la Traición» is the novel by Hong Ying, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback, with 193 pages, in Spanish.

In 1989, Lin Ying, a student and poetess, witnesses in Beijing the repression of the protests in Tiananmen Square and, upon returning home, finds her boyfriend with another woman. The novel follows her personal transformation and portrays the cultural atmosphere of a China where artists suffer repression.

The work was originally published in Taiwan in 1992 and was banned in China; the Spanish edition appeared in January 1998.

For readers of contemporary and historical fiction interested in Chinese literature and the political events of 1989.