{"product_id":"dog-paperback-1","title":"Dog - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJack Livings\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Pen\/Robert W. Bingham Prize\u003cbr\u003eNominated for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExceptional . . . A poisoned world, with ruthless people, apparatchiks, Stakhanovites, rude, cruel, anxious chancers, and all subtly alien, quite without the American gene.\u003cb\u003e-Michael Hofmann, \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e (A Best Book of the Year)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in the shifting landscape of contemporary China, this riveting, richly imagined collection explodes the country's cultural and social fault lines, revealing a nation accustomed to bitter struggle and the stranglehold of communism as it confronts a generation rife with the promise of unforeseen prosperity.\u003cbr\u003e A wealthy factory owner-once a rural peasant-donates repeatedly to earthquake relief efforts, but digs in his heels when government pressure requires him to give even more; a marginalized but powerful Uyghur gangster clashes with his homosexual grandson; and a dogged journalist is forced to resign as young writers in pink Izod golf shirts and knockoff Italian loafers write his stories out from under him. With spare, penetrating prose, Livings gives shape to the anonymous faces in the crowd and illuminates the tensions, ironies, and possibilities of life in modern China. As heartbreaking as it is hopeful, \u003ci\u003eThe Dog\u003c\/i\u003e marks the debut of a startling and wildly imaginative new voice in fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack Livings\u003c\/b\u003e is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dog\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the 2015 PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize for debut fiction. His stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStoryQuarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Tin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica, The New Delta Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and have been awarded two Pushcart Prizes. He lives in New York with his family\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 28, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47239992312057,"sku":"9781250069641","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TGJwRWIrMEkwYTF1TlV5SmNGZ3M2dz09_b9981f60-e712-47b0-b482-bff7d5b5a64f.webp?v=1768565955","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/dog-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}