{"product_id":"the-big-red-book-of-modern-chinese-literature-9780393239485","title":"The Big Red Book of Modern Chinese Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA panoramic literary anthology that explores the inner story of China in the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Huang is previously the author of a witty and stylish book about Charlie Chan which drew on a variety of artforms – from doggerel verses to B-movies – to reflect on the representation of China in the West. \u003cem\u003eThe Big Red Book\u003c\/em\u003e, which benefits from translations by a Who’s Who of talent, is similarly wide-ranging. And while Huang’s prose choices are relatively conventional, his selections of poems and sketches of their authors are engagingly idiosyncratic.\" -- The Times Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] worthwhile anthology... that manages to combine the established canon with less-well-known selections... [Its] breadth and variety…will, one hopes, encourage new readers to explore more Chinese literature in full translations.\" -- Julia Lovell - The New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\"...a magisterial new volume...\" -- The Herald","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525127151959,"sku":"9780393239485","price":27.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393239485.jpg?v=1731859328","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-big-red-book-of-modern-chinese-literature-9780393239485","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}