{"product_id":"the-song-of-everlasting-sorrow-a-novel-of-shanghai-9780231143431","title":"The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Everlasting Sorrow\u003c\/i\u003e follows the adventures of Wang Qiyao, a girl born of the crowded, labyrinthine alleys of Shanghai's working-class neighborhoods. Infatuated with the glitz and glamour of 1940s Hollywood, Wang Qiyao seeks fame in the Miss Shanghai beauty pageant, and this fleeting moment of stardom becomes the pinnacle of her life. After the Communist victory, Wang Qiyao continues to indulge in the decadent pleasures of the Shanghai bourgeoisie, secretly playing mahjong during the antirightist campaign and exchanging lovers on the eve of the Cultural Revolution. She reemerges in the 1980s as a purveyor of \"old Shanghai,\" only to become embroiled in a tragedy that echoes the Hollywood noirs of her youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10371218\"\u003eAnyi Wang\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231143431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231143435\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-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWang Anyi began her career as a writer in 1978. Her books in English include \u003ci\u003eLapse of Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLove in a Small Town\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLove on a Barren Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrocade Valley\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novel \u003ci\u003eBaotown\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year award. She currently lives in Shanghai and is a professor of Chinese literature at Fudan University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Berry is associate professor of contemporary Chinese cultural studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the translator of several novels and the author of Jia Zhangke's \u003ci\u003eHometown Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA History of Pain: Trauma in Modern Chinese Literature and Film\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSpeaking in Images: Interviews with Contemporary Chinese Filmmakers\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSusan Chan Egan, an independent scholar, is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Latterday Confucian: Reminiscences of William Hung 1893-1980\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eA Pragmatist and His Free Spirit: The Half-Century Romance of Hu Shi and Edith Clifford Williams\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42694643056877,"sku":"9780231143431","price":58.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_7affb031-04ad-4a95-b8a3-075144a2a545.jpg?v=1649867334","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-song-of-everlasting-sorrow-a-novel-of-shanghai-9780231143431","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}