{"product_id":"the-vintage-book-of-contemporary-chinese-fiction-isbn-9780375700934","title":"The Vintage Book of Contemporary Chinese Fiction","description":"David Su Li-Qun and Carolyn Choa introduce nineteen of China's most enthralling writers-to date largely unknown outside their native land. From Shanghai to Beijing, we meet people whose lives have been transformed by their country's turbulent recent history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCheng Nai-shan writes about the present-day life of the former Shanghai upper class and their children.  Sent to work on a rural commune at age fifteen, Wang An-yi now writes about the struggles of the urban underclass. Wang-Meng, once exiled to Tibet, now writes award-winning, character driven stories. Mo Shen had been a railway porter before emerging as a writer after the fall of the Gang of Four. With these and seventeen other writers represented, \u003cb\u003eThe Vintage Book of Contemporary Chinese Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary testament to a post-revolutionary nation in transition.\"A fount of beautifully translated storytelling that veers between the wistfully romantic and the downright angry.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An exceptional glimpse of the domestic life about which most of the West still knows very little.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An exhilarating glimpse into another all too human world.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eHerald\u003c\/i\u003e (London)Born and educated in Hong Kong, Carolyn Choa works as a film producer and choreographer in London.  David Su Li-Qun was resident playwright at the National Union Theatre in Beijing until emigrating to England in 1984. Since then he has taught at the University of London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA Vintage Original","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302289428709,"sku":"NP9780375700934","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375700934.jpg?v=1767742085","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-vintage-book-of-contemporary-chinese-fiction-isbn-9780375700934","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}