{"product_id":"the-shaanxi-opera-paperback","title":"The Shaanxi Opera - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJia Pingwa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNicky Harman\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eDylan Levi King\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Mao Dun Literature Prize. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of China's most celebrated authors comes a masterful novel about modernity and tradition, love and obsession, and economic change and quixotic dreams--all set against the backdrop of a rapidly urbanizing China.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn post-Cultural Revolution China, in the fading village of Freshwind, the fates of two households are shifting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bais, once the most powerful family in the region, have fallen from status. Their beautiful daughter, Snow Bai, an embodiment of tradition, pursues a career in a vanishing art form. The Xias, enthusiastic members of the Party, are on the rise. Their favorite son, Wind Xia, is a citified politician whose marriage to Snow Bai could unite the two families. But in a village casting about for a new road to prosperity, fortunes can change. Watching it all unfold is a local outcast named Spark. The inveterate busybody is given to strange visions and flights of fancy, and is motivated by the only constant in Freshwind: his mad love for Snow Bai.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpansive, funny, monumental, and deeply poignant, Jia Pingwa's \u003ci\u003eThe Shaanxi Opera\u003c\/i\u003e is a keenly observant portrait of China in an era of globalization, societal upheaval, and the growing influence of popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 716\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.1 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 23, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42731854037055,"sku":"9781542016872","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d4e2dc0d3137a8fa467a4b56e4752d5f.webp?v=1765130361","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-shaanxi-opera-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}