{"product_id":"9780231505239","title":"The Taste of Apples","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the preeminent writer of Taiwanese nativist fiction and the leading translator of Chinese literature come these poignant accounts of everyday life in rural and small-town Taiwan. Huang is frequently cited as one of the most original and gifted storytellers in the Chinese language, and these selections reveal his genius. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"The Two Sign Painters,\" TV reporters ambush two young workers from the country taking a break atop a twenty-four-story building. \"His Son's Big Doll\" introduces the tortured soul inside a walking advertisement, and in \"Xiaoqi's Cap\" a dissatisfied pressure-cooker salesman is fascinated by a young schoolgirl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuang's characters--generally the uneducated and disadvantaged who must cope with assaults on their traditionalism, hostility from their urban brethren and, of course, the debilitating effects of poverty--come to life in all their human uniqueness, free from idealization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Columbia University Press\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170915008752,"sku":"9780231505239","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780231505239_p0.jpg?v=1763679270","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780231505239","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}