{"product_id":"the-taste-of-apples-9780231122610","title":"The Taste of Apples","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the preeminent writer of Taiwanese nativist fiction and the leading translator of Chinese literature come these poignant accounts of everyday life in rural and small-town Taiwan. Huang is frequently cited as one of the most original and gifted storytellers in the Chinese language, and these selections reveal his genius. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"The Two Sign Painters,\" TV reporters ambush two young workers from the country taking a break atop a twenty-four-story building. \"His Son's Big Doll\" introduces the tortured soul inside a walking advertisement, and in \"Xiaoqi's Cap\" a dissatisfied pressure-cooker salesman is fascinated by a young schoolgirl. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHuang's characters--generally the uneducated and disadvantaged who must cope with assaults on their traditionalism, hostility from their urban brethren and, of course, the debilitating effects of poverty--come to life in all their human uniqueness, free from idealization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6647080\"\u003eHuang Huang Chun-Ming\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.00w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231122610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231122616\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-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\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- \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHuang Chun-ming began publishing his work in the literary supplement to the \u003ci\u003eUnited Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e (Lianhe bao) and in the literary magazine \u003ci\u003eYou shi wenyi\u003c\/i\u003e as part of the \"native soil\" movement. Howard Goldblatt is professor of Chinese literature at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the translator of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eRose, Rose I Love You\u003c\/i\u003e by Wang Chen-ho and, with Sylvia Li-chun Lin, Chu T'ien-wen's \u003ci\u003eNotes of a Desolate Man, \u003c\/i\u003e chosen \"Translation of the Year\" (1999) by the American Literary Translators Association.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44530226200813,"sku":"9780231122610","price":46.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_fd96c77f-eaca-4249-b32a-c0c82bfda1f9.jpg?v=1701403425","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-taste-of-apples-9780231122610","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}