{"product_id":"discovering-fiction-9781478018308","title":"Discovering Fiction","description":"Over the past twenty years, Chinese novelist Yan Lianke has emerged as one of the most important writers in the world. In \u003ci\u003eDiscovering Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, Yan offers insights into his views on literature and realism, the major works that inspired him, and his theories of writing. He juxtaposes discussions of the high realism of Leo Tolstoy and Lu Xun against Franz Kafka's modernism and Gabriel García Márquez's magical realism, charting the relationship between causality, truth, and modes of realism. He also discusses his approach to realism, which he terms \"mythorealism\"-a way of capturing the world's underlying truth by relying on the allegories, myths, legends, and dreamscapes that emerge from daily life. Revealing and instructive, \u003ci\u003eDiscovering Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e gives readers an unprecedented look into the mind and art of a literary giant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15861756\"\u003eLianke Yan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478018308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1478018305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT008000\"\u003eAsian | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYan Lianke is the author of \u003ci\u003eHard Like Water\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Day the Sun Died\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Explosion Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Four Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other novels and story collections. Winner of the Franz Kafka Prize and a two-time finalist for the Man Booker International Prize, Yan teaches at Renmin University in Beijing and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Carlos Rojas is Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University. He has translated several of Yan's novels, including \u003ci\u003eHard Like Water\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Day the Sun Died\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Explosion Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44592948609261,"sku":"9781478018308","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_b025fb3d-9012-4cff-9122-907f6a8d4ff2.jpg?v=1702304904","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/discovering-fiction-9781478018308","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}