{"product_id":"9781551521343","title":"In the Inner Quarters: Erotic Stories from Ling Mengchu's Two Slaps","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis startling collection of five erotic stories are from seventeenth-century Ming dynasty China, a period char-acterized by increasing industrialization and urbanization, which led to a more material society, and to a desire in the population to pursue luxury and pleasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLing Mengchu’s stories are pre-occupied with sexuality and include a host of characters, including bold, aggressive, cunning, and seductive men, and highly passionate, sensual, and sexually insatiable women. The publication of \u003ci\u003eIn the Inner Quarters\u003c\/i\u003e , for the first time ever in English, gives new life to the sensual pleasures of that era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDr. Lenny Hu \u003c\/b\u003e (Translator) has -translated Philip Roth’s \u003ci\u003eGoodbye, Columbus \u003c\/i\u003e and numerous other literary works. He was born in China and has taught at universities both in China and Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arsenal Pulp Press, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030591258864,"sku":"9781551521343","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781551521343_p0.jpg?v=1763751221","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781551521343","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}