{"product_id":"9780802126658","title":"The Years, Months, Days: Two Novellas","description":"Yan Lianke—“China’s most feted and most banned author” (\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e)—is a master of imaginative satire, and his prize-winning works have been published around the world to the highest honors. Now, his two most acclaimed novellas are collected here in a single volume—masterfully crafted stories that explore the sacrifices made for family, the driving will to survive, and the longing to leave behind a personal legacy.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarrow\u003c\/i\u003e is the haunting tale of a widow who goes to extremes to provide a normal life for her four disabled children. When she discovers that bones—especially those of kin—can cure their illnesses and prevent future generations from the same fate, she feeds them a medicinal soup made from the skeleton of her dead husband. But after running out of soup, she resorts to a measure that only a mother can take.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the luminous, moving title story, \u003ci\u003eThe Years, Months, Days\u003c\/i\u003e—a bestselling, classic fable in China, and winner of the prestigious Lu Xun Literary Prize—an elderly man stays behind in his small village after a terrible drought forces everyone to leave. Unable to make the grueling march through the mountains, he becomes the lone inhabitant, along with a blind dog. As he fends off the natural world from overtaking his hometown, every day is a victory over death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith touches of the fantastical and with deep humanity, these two magnificent novellas—masterpieces of the short form—reflect the universality of mankind’s will to live, live well, and live with purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grove Atlantic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030310928624,"sku":"9780802126658","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802126658_p0.jpg?v=1763724923","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802126658","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}