{"product_id":"the-lost-and-forgotten-languages-of-shanghai-paperback","title":"The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRuiyan Xu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLi Jing, a happily married businessman, is dining at a grand hotel in Shanghai when a gas explosion rips through the building. A shard of glass pierces Jing's forehead, obliterating his ability to speak Chinese. He can form only faltering phrases in the English he spoke as a child in Virginia, leaving him unable to communicate with his wife, Meiling, or their young son. Desperate, the family turns to an American neurologist, Rosalyn Neal, who finds herself as lost as Jing--whom she calls James--in this bewitching city, where the two form a bond that Meiling does not need a translator to understand. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith gorgeous prose and a dazzling sense of place, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a brilliant storyteller, who shows us the power of language in both our public and our private relationships.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRUIYAN XU, who was born in Shanghai but came to the U.S. at age 10 without speaking a word of English, graduated from Brown University with honors in creative writing\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eShe won the 2004 Hochstadt Award from Hedgebrook and a 2005 Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Emerging Artists; and has been awarded residencies at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Jentel, Ragdale and the Anderson Center. An excerpt of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai\u003c\/i\u003e was published by the \u003ci\u003eGreat River Review. \u003c\/i\u003eXu lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752110227744,"sku":"9780312614157","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e85cfb3fc1ad5dfd9fda57646be32706.webp?v=1779987969","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-lost-and-forgotten-languages-of-shanghai-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}