{"product_id":"three-brothers-memories-of-my-family-paperback","title":"Three Brothers: Memories of My Family - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYan Lianke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCarlos Rojas\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of China's most highly regarded writers, winner of the Franz Kafka Prize and twice finalist for the International Booker Prize, \u003ci\u003eThree Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful and heartwrenching memoir of the author's childhood and family life during the Cultural Revolution\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this heartfelt, intimate memoir, Yan Lianke brings the reader into his childhood home in Song County in Henan Province, painting a vivid portrait of rural China in the 1960s and '70s. \u003ci\u003eThree Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e is a literary testament to the great humanity and small joys that exist even in times of darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith lyricism and deep emotion, Yan chronicles the extraordinary lives of his father and uncles, as well as his own. Living in a remote village, Yan's parents are so poor that they can only afford to use wheat flour on New Year and festival days, and while Yan dreams of fried scallion buns, and even steals from his father to buy sesame seed cakes. He yearns to leave the village, however he can, and soon novels become an escape. He resolves to become a writer himself after reading on the back of a novel that its author was given leave to remain in the city of Harbin after publishing her book. In the evenings, after finishing back-breaking shifts hauling stones at a cement factory, sometimes sixteen hours long, he sets to work writing. He is ultimately delivered from the drudgery and danger of manual labor by a career in the Army, but he is filled with regrets as he recalls these years of scarcity, turmoil, and poverty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA philosophical portrait of grief, death, home, and fate that gleams with Yan's quick wit and gift for imagery, \u003ci\u003eThree Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e is a personal portrait of a politically devastating period, and a celebration of the power of the family to hold together even in the harshest circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYan Lianke\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of numerous story collections and novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Day the Sun Died\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Years, Months, Days\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Explosion Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Four Books\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLenin's Kisses\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eServe the People!\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eDream of Ding Village\u003c\/i\u003e. Among many accolades, he was awarded the Franz Kafka Prize, he was twice a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize, and he has been shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, the Man Asian Literary Prize, and the Prix Femina Étranger. He has received two of China's most prestigious literary honors, the Lu Xun Prize and the Lao She Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 223\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 16, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768990728480,"sku":"9780802148629","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/46937a1922803159ea99e1ec143f310e.webp?v=1780340829","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/three-brothers-memories-of-my-family-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}