{"product_id":"9781940953540","title":"Frontier","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Novel from the Winner of the 2015 Best Translated Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by Porochista Khakpour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most raved-about works of translated fiction this year\"—Jonathan Sturgeon, \u003ci\u003eFlavorwire\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrontier \u003c\/i\u003e opens with the story of Liujin, a young woman heading out on her own to create her own life in Pebble Town, a somewhat surreal place at the base of Snow Mountain where wolves roam the streets and certain enlightened individuals can see and enter a paradisiacal garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring life in this city (or in the frontier) through the viewpoint of a dozen different characters, some simple, some profound, Can Xue's latest novel attempts to unify the grand opposites of life—barbarism and civilization, the spiritual and the material, the mundane and the sublime, beauty and death, Eastern and Western cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA layered, multifaceted masterpiece from the 2015 winner of the Best Translated Book Award, \u003ci\u003eFrontier \u003c\/i\u003e exemplifies John Darnielle's statement that Can Xue's books read \"as if dreams had invaded the physical world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eCan Xue \u003c\/b\u003e is a pseudonym meaning \"dirty snow, leftover snow.\" She learned English on her own and has written books on Borges, Shakespeare, and Dante. Her publications in English include \u003ci\u003eThe Embroidered Shoes\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eFive Spice Street\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eVertical Motion\u003c\/i\u003e , and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Lover\u003c\/i\u003e , which won the 2015 Best Translated Book Award for Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eKaren Gernant \u003c\/b\u003e is a professor emerita of Chinese history at Southern Oregon University. She translates in collaboration with Chen Zeping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eChen Zeping \u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of Chinese linguistics at Fujian Teachers' University, and has collaborated with Karen Gernant on more than ten translations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003ePorochista Khakpour\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two novels, \u003ci\u003eSons and Other Flammable Objects\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Letter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044328194288,"sku":"9781940953540","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781940953540_p0.jpg?v=1763755218","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781940953540","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}