{"product_id":"ninth-building-paperback","title":"Ninth Building - 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\u003eZou Jingzhi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJeremy Tiang\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNinth Building \u003c\/i\u003eis a fascinating collection of vignettes drawn from Zou Jingzhi's experience\u003cbr\u003egrowing up during the Cultural Revolution, first as a boy in Beijing and then as a teenager exiled\u003cbr\u003eto the countryside. Zou poetically captures a side of the Cultural Revolution that is less talked\u003cbr\u003eabout--the sheer tedium and waste of young life, as well as the gallows humor that\u003cbr\u003eaccompanies such desperate situations. Jeremy Tiang's enthralling translation of this important\u003cbr\u003ework of fiction was awarded a PEN\/Heim Grant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZou Jingzhi\u003c\/b\u003e is highly regarded in China as a fiction writer, poet, essayist, screenwriter, and\u003cbr\u003eplaywright. He is a founding member of the Chinese theatre collective Longmashe. As a\u003cbr\u003escreenwriter, the films he wrote for Zhang Yimou and Wong Kar Wai have been well received at\u003cbr\u003efilm festivals across the world. His plays and operas have been performed in China as well as\u003cbr\u003einternationally, and his poems and essays have been very influential, going into multiple reprints. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeremy Tiang\u003c\/b\u003e has translated over twenty books from Chinese, including novels by Yan Ge, Yeng Pway Ngon, Zhang Yueran, Shuang Xuetao, Lo Yi-Chin, Chan Ho-Kei, and Geling Yan. His novel \u003ci\u003eState of Emergency\u003c\/i\u003e won the Singapore Literature Prize in 2018. He also writes and translates plays. Originally from Singapore, he now lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 11, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Man Booker International Prize (2023)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47244178325753,"sku":"9781948830751","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Qng5MUd4bG8wRzBJUjVZSjZNajZGdz09.webp?v=1768590843","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/ninth-building-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}