{"product_id":"peach-blossom-paradise-paperback","title":"Peach Blossom Paradise - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGe Fei\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCanaan Morse\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn enthralling story of revolution, idealism, and a savage struggle for utopia by one of China's greatest living novelists.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1898 reformist intellectuals in China persuaded the young emperor that it was time to transform his sclerotic empire into a prosperous modern state. The Hundred Days' Reform that followed was a moment of unprecedented change and extraordinary hope--brought to an abrupt end by a bloody military coup. Dashed expectations would contribute to the revolutionary turn that Chinese history would soon take, leading in time to the deaths of millions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeach Blossom Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, set at the time of the reform, is the story of Xiumi, the daughter of a wealthy landowner and former government official who falls prey to insanity and disappears. Days later, a man with a gold cicada in his pocket turns up at his estate and is inexplicably welcomed as a relative. This mysterious man has a great vision of reforging China as an egalitarian utopia, and he will stop at nothing to make it real. It is his own plans, however, which come to nothing, and his \"little sister\" Xiumi is left to take up arms against a Confucian world in which women are chattel. Her campaign for change and her struggle to seize control over her own body are continually threatened by the violent whims of men who claim to be building paradise.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGe Fei \u003c\/b\u003eis the pen name of Liu Yong, who was born in Jiangsu Province in 1964. His scholarly publications include \u003ci\u003eKafka's Pendulum\u003c\/i\u003e and his fiction includes \u003ci\u003eThe Invisibility Cloak\u003c\/i\u003e (available as an NYRB Classic); the Jiangnan Trilogy, of which \u003ci\u003ePeach Blossom Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e is the first volume; and the novella \u003ci\u003eFlock of Brown Birds\u003c\/i\u003e. He was awarded the 2014 Lu Xun Literary Prize and the 2015 Mao Dun Prize for Fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCanaan Morse \u003c\/b\u003eis a translator, poet, and editor. He cofounded the literary quarterly \u003ci\u003ePathlight: New Chinese Writing\u003c\/i\u003e and has contributed translations of Chinese prose and poetry to \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals. In 2016 he translated Ge Fei's \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eInvisibility Cloak\u003c\/i\u003e for NYRB Classics.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 392\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 4.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 08, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Awards (2021)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769161416992,"sku":"9781681374703","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8aed2d192e6f1876b81e677850e971b2.webp?v=1780343102","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/peach-blossom-paradise-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}