{"product_id":"the-death-of-woman-wang-isbn-9780140051216","title":"The Death of Woman Wang","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Spence shows himself at once historian, detective, and artist. . . . He makes history howl.” (\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAward-winning author Jonathan D. Spence paints a vivid picture of an obscure place and time: provincial China in the seventeenth century. Life in the northeastern county of T’an-ch’eng emerges here as an endless cycle of floods, plagues, crop failures, banditry, and heavy taxation. Against this turbulent background a tenacious tax collector, an irascible farmer, and an unhappy wife act out a poignant drama at whose climax the wife, having run away from her husband, returns to him, only to die at his hands. Magnificently evoking the China of long ago, \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Woman Wang\u003c\/i\u003e also deepens our understanding of the China we know today.Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eOne: The Observers\u003cbr\u003eTwo: The Land\u003cbr\u003eThree: The Widow\u003cbr\u003eFour: The Feud\u003cbr\u003eFive: The Woman Who Ran Away\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: The Trial\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Woman Wang\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Whether judged as fiction or as historical reconstruction, [this] is a masterpiece of style and narration.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Harold Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“An unforgettable book of historical re-creation.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Spence (1936-2021):  \u003c\/b\u003eWas the author of more than a dozen well-regarded books \"which illuminate China's vast history through details that illuminated bigger pictures and themes. (The New York Times)\" including  \u003ci\u003eThe Gate of Heavenly Peace\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTreason by the Book\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Woman Wang\u003c\/i\u003e. His awards include a Guggenheim and a MacArthur Fellowship. He was Sterling Professor of History at Yale University from 1993 to 2008.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304460505317,"sku":"NP9780140051216","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140051216.jpg?v=1767738966","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-death-of-woman-wang-isbn-9780140051216","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}