{"product_id":"9780375700934","title":"The Vintage Book of Contemporary Chinese Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eDavid Su Li-Qun and Carolyn Choa introduce nineteen of China's most enthralling writers-to date largely unknown outside their native land. From Shanghai to Beijing, we meet people whose lives have been transformed by their country's turbulent recent history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCheng Nai-shan writes about the present-day life of the former Shanghai upper class and their children. Sent to work on a rural commune at age fifteen, Wang An-yi now writes about the struggles of the urban underclass. Wang-Meng, once exiled to Tibet, now writes award-winning, character driven stories. Mo Shen had been a railway porter before emerging as a writer after the fall of the Gang of Four. With these and seventeen other writers represented, \u003cb\u003eThe Vintage Book of Contemporary Chinese Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary testament to a post-revolutionary nation in transition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024921641200,"sku":"9780375700934","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780375700934_p0.jpg?v=1763691411","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780375700934","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}