{"product_id":"love-in-the-new-millennium-9780300278262","title":"Love in the New Millennium","description":"\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2019 \u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4516252\"\u003eCan Xue\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.06w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300278262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300278268\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-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48456826224877,"sku":"9780300278262","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_5e62ca9b-29c9-4c59-b84d-b6aab29c1364.jpg?v=1753570131","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/love-in-the-new-millennium-9780300278262","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}