{"product_id":"9781602202535","title":"River under the Eaves: First edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eThese two novellas by one of China's most prolific writers paint a picture of life in Shanghai and all the turmoil that comes with it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShanghai is one of the cities in China that has been exposed to a great deal of outside influences throughout its history. The author, with a keen eye for observation, has chiseled out the life of common city dwellers in its alleyways from the 1980s to the 1990s in these two stories. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the perspective of Gu Longfei, also nicknamed Black Bug, the leading character, \u003ci\u003eRiver Under the Eaves\u003c\/i\u003e follows the family through three generations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eJiqing Li\u003c\/i\u003e , Xiaoyu lives in a new residential area of Shanghai, has a good job and a handsome boyfriend. She then rents a small room on Jiqing Li, desiring to live a truly elegant life in Shanghai. But all is not what it seems and her life heads for turmoil. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind these stories is the gap between the cities and countryside, the legacy of the political upheavals of the past, and the price that has come with new found prosperity. The people who resided in the stone gate houses represented the rapidly changing dynamics of the Shanghai metropolis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shanghai Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061058748656,"sku":"9781602202535","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781602202535_p0.jpg?v=1763825503","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781602202535","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}