{"product_id":"the-corpse-walker-real-life-stories-china-from-the-bottom-up-9780307388377","title":"The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the Bottom Up","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Corpse Walker\u003c\/b\u003e introduces us to regular men and women at the bottom of Chinese society, most of whom have been battered by life but have managed to retain their dignity: a professional mourner, a human trafficker, a public toilet manager, a leper, a grave robber, and a Falung Gong practitioner, among others. By asking challenging questions with respect and empathy, Liao Yiwu managed to get his subjects to talk openly and sometimes hilariously about their lives, desires, and vulnerabilities, creating a book that is an instance par excellence of what was once upon a time called \"The New Journalism.\" \u003cb\u003eThe Corpse Walker\u003c\/b\u003e reveals a fascinating aspect of modern China, describing the lives of normal Chinese citizens in ways that constantly provoke and surprise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4102011\"\u003eLiao Yiwu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307388377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307388379\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-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC053000\"\u003eRegional Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC050000\"\u003eSocial Classes \u0026amp; Economic Disparity\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL023000\"\u003ePolitical Economy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiao Yiwu is a poet, novelist, and screenwriter. In 1989, he published an epic poem, \"Massacre,\" that condemned the killings in Tiananmen Square and for which he spent four years in prison. His works include \u003ci\u003eTestimonials\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReport on China's Victims of Injustice. \u003c\/i\u003eIn 2003, he received a Human Rights Watch Hellman-Hammett Grant, and in 2007, he received a Freedom to Write Award from the Independent Chinese PEN Center. He lives in China. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWen Huang is a writer and freelance journalist whose articles and translations have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal Asia, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eSouth China Morning Post, The Christian Science Monitor, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684919906541,"sku":"9780307388377","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_a74c07f8-d236-488b-9ed9-b90953bc5f8d.jpg?v=1649760854","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-corpse-walker-real-life-stories-china-from-the-bottom-up-9780307388377","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}