{"product_id":"i-live-in-the-slums-stories-hardcover","title":"I Live in the Slums: Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCan Xue\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKaren Gernant\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eZeping Chen\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A major new collection of stories by one of the most exciting and creative voices in contemporary Chinese literature \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Can Xue's stories observe no obvious conventions of plot or characterization. That is the only rule they follow. Instead, they tend to limn a disordered and poetic state given structure by philosophical wonder and emotional rigor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Combining elements of both Chinese materiality--the love of physical things--and Western abstract thinking, Can Xue invites her readers into an immersive landscape that blends empirical fact and illusion, mixes the physical and spiritual, and probes the space between consciousness and oblivion. She brings us to a place that is both readily familiar yet unmappable and can make us hyperaware of the inherent unreliability in our relationship to the world around us. Delightful, enchanting, and filled with secrets, Can Xue's newest collection shines a light on the forces that give contours to the visible terrain we acknowledge as reality.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan Xue\u003c\/b\u003e is the pseudonym of the renowned avant-garde author Deng Xiaohua. Her previous works include \u003ci\u003eFive Spice Street\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eVertical Motion, The Last Lover\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrontier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLove in the New Millennium\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Gernant\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emerita of Chinese history at Southern Oregon University. \u003cb\u003eChen Zeping\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of Chinese linguistics at Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 7.8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769581371680,"sku":"9780300247435","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ac35cfd818c6ded5523310c21491aafb.webp?v=1780351227","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/i-live-in-the-slums-stories-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}