{"product_id":"love-in-the-new-millennium-paperback","title":"Love in the New Millennium - 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\u003eCan Xue\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnnelise Finegan Wasmoen\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eEileen Myles\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2019 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The most ambitious work of fiction by one of the world's greatest writers \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In this dreamlike novel . . . amid increasingly bizarre scenarios, appearances give way to hidden, otherworldly layers.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this darkly comic novel, a group of women inhabits a world of constant surveillance, where informants lurk in the flower beds and conspiracies abound. Some try to flee--whether to a mysterious gambling bordello, underground ancestral homes, or Nest County, where traditional medicines can reshape or psychologically transport the self. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Can Xue's mesmerizing storytelling traces love's many guises--satirical, tragic, transient, lasting, nebulous, and fulfilling--against a kaleidoscopic backdrop of commerce and industry, fraud and exploitation, and sex and romance drawn from the East and the West.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan Xue\u003c\/b\u003e is the pseudonym of the Chinese writer Deng Xiaohua (b. 1953). Formerly a tailor, she began writing fiction in 1983. Her works include \u003ci\u003eBarefoot Doctor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFive Spice Street\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Lover\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eI Live in the Slums\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eAnnelise Finegan Wasmoen\u003c\/b\u003e is academic director and clinical associate professor of translation at NYU School of Professional Studies. \u003cb\u003eEileen Myles\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, novelist, and art journalist whose books include \u003ci\u003eFor Now\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChelsea Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEvolution\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.96 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256272765177,"sku":"9780300278262","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/OwYRgTm75P9780300278262.webp?v=1768731288","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/love-in-the-new-millennium-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}