{"product_id":"adrift-in-the-south-xiao-hai-9781738536269","title":"Adrift in the South","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen Xiao Hai turned fifteen, his family paid a vocational-school teacher 1,200 yuan to find him a factory job in Shenzhen. So began a decade spent moving between the garment mills and electronics factories of China's fast-growing southern cities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdrift in the South\u003c\/i\u003e is a first-hand account of a life spent dodging corrupt officials and abusive employers, working long hours in brutal conditions and sleeping in overcrowded dormitories. Xiao Hai gives voice to a generation of migrant workers searching for survival, meaning and dignity in a country undergoing dramatic economic and political transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA landmark work from China's migrant worker literature movement, this memoir offers a rare perspective on the human cost of the country's economic rise.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Xiao Hai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1738536262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781738536269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Granta Magazine Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Xiao Hai","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48454295617791,"sku":"9781738536269","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b5b6e161-bdd0-48a1-8f49-a129416d412c.jpg?v=1777305336","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/adrift-in-the-south-xiao-hai-9781738536269","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}