i got the feeling, she was very frustrated by the writing career.
the last two long novels were composed under some political rule,
to throw a shade *against* communist China.
much similiar to the case when she was in China around 1949,
she made change in "the 18 springs", composed "xiaoai",
to have some bright thing *for* communist new China.
Against or for, all looked so forced, lacked the original individuality
she had been good at before.
furthermore, she complained that she had the plot,
c