{"product_id":"big-red-book-of-modern-chinese-literatur-paperback","title":"BIG RED BOOK OF MODERN CHINESE LITERATUR (Paperback)","description":"\u003cb\u003eA panoramic vision of the Chinese literary landscape across the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning literary scholar and poet Yunte Huang here gathers together an intimate and authoritative selection of significant works, in outstanding translations, from nearly fifty Chinese writers, that together express a search for the soul of modern China. From the 1912 overthrow of a millennia-long monarchy to the Cultural Revolution, to China’s rise as a global military and economic superpower, the Chinese literary imagination has encompassed an astonishing array of moods and styles—from sublime lyricism to witty surrealism, poignant documentary to the ironic, the transgressive, and the defiant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHuang provides the requisite context for these revelatory works of fiction, poetry, essays, letters, and speeches in helpful headnotes, chronologies, and brief introductions to the Republican, Revolutionary, and Post-Mao Eras. From Lu Xun’s \u003ci\u003eCall to Arms\u003c\/i\u003e (1923) to Gao Xinjiang’s Nobel Prize–winning \u003ci\u003eSoul Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e (1990), this remarkable anthology features writers both known and unknown in its celebration of the versatility of writing. From belles lettres to literary propaganda, from poetic revolution to pulp fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Red Book of Modern Chinese Literature\u003c\/i\u003e is an eye-opening, mesmerizing, and indispensable portrait of China in the tumultuous twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Huang, Yunte","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52337140629778,"sku":"9780393353808","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/9238\/5846\/files\/618963482328_1b3edcdc-da00-4e57-bd54-38434f04050a.jpg?v=1780434008","url":"https:\/\/hbswarehousesale.com\/products\/big-red-book-of-modern-chinese-literatur-paperback","provider":"Harvard Book Store Warehouse Sale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}