{"product_id":"a-dictionary-of-maqiao-paperback","title":"A Dictionary of Maqiao - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHan Shaogong\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJulia Lovell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the daring imagination of one of China's greatest living novelists comes a work of startling power and originality-the story of a young man \"displaced\" to a small village in rural China during the 1960s. Told in the format of a dictionary, with a series of vignettes disguised as entries, \u003ci\u003eA Dictionary of Maqiao\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of bold invention-and a fascinating, comic, deeply moving journey through the dark heart of the Cultural Revolution.\u003cbr\u003eEntries trace the wisdom and absurdities of Maqiao: the petty squabbles, family grudges, poverty, infidelities, fantasies, lunatics, bullies, superstitions, and especially the odd logic in their use of language-where the word for \"beginning\" is the same as the word for \"end\"; \"little big brother\" means older sister; to be \"scientific\" means to be lazy; and \"streetsickness\" is a disease afflicting villagers visiting urban areas. Filled with colorful characters-from a weeping ox to a man so poisonous that snakes die when they bite him-\u003ci\u003eA Dictionary of Maqiao\u003c\/i\u003e is both an important work of Chinese literature and a probing inquiry into the extraordinary power of language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHan Shaogong is an award-winning novelist, essayist, and translator. He is also the former editor of the magazines Hainan Review and Frontiers and is the vice-chairman of the Hainan Writer's Association. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJulia Lovell is a translator of modern Chinese literature and a research fellow at Queen's College, Cambridge.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 8.22 x 5.27 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 27, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752444199200,"sku":"9780385339353","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ecfe70800eaedea5ba8c7a5cd92db5dc.webp?v=1779996033","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-dictionary-of-maqiao-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}