{"product_id":"9781501789342-1966","title":"1966","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShort Stories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe year 1966 saw the start of a decade of social and political upheaval in China. In these eleven stories by poet Wang Xiaoni, the horrors, confusion, and utter disruption of the Cultural Revolution are just beginning.\u003c\/b\u003e An educated family of six in the city is forced to get rid of their beloved collection of books, a starving abandoned boy obsessed with trains waits for his brother to return from Beijing, and an elderly and mentally unstable man is desperate to hide a personal history that has suddenly become a death sentence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWang brings a light touch to this painful subject matter, balancing a pervading sense of unreality with telling details that ring true to life even now. Elegantly rendered in English by award-winning poet and translator Eleanor Goodman, 1966 offers powerful, moving, and deeply human vignettes illuminating how this key moment in Chinese history was experienced by ordinary citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59056032842102,"sku":"9781501789342","price":126.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_43787512.jpg?v=1792596485","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781501789342-1966","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}