{"product_id":"thank-you-mr-nixon-9780593314098","title":"Thank You Mr. Nixon","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Resisters\u003c\/i\u003e takes measure of the fifty years since the opening of China and its unexpected effects on the lives of ordinary people. It is a unique book that only Jen could write—a story collection accruing the power of a novel as it proceeds—a work that Cynthia Ozick has called “an art beyond art. It is life itself.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with a cheery letter penned by a Chinese girl in heaven to “poor Mr. Nixon” in hell, Gish Jen embarks on a fictional journey through U.S.-China relations, capturing the excitement of a world on the brink of tectonic change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOpal Chen reunites with her Chinese sisters after forty years; newly cosmopolitan Lulu Koo wonders why Americans “like to walk around in the woods with the mosquitoes”; and Hong Kong parents go to extreme lengths to reestablish contact with their “number-one daughter” in New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith their profound compassio","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525777596759,"sku":"9780593314098","price":14.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780593314098.jpg?v=1731861755","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/thank-you-mr-nixon-9780593314098","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}