{"product_id":"bird-talk-and-other-stories-xu-xu-9781611720556","title":"Bird Talk and Other Stories by Xu Xu: Modern Tales of a Chinese Romantic","description":"\u003cp\u003eXu Xu 徐訏 (1908-1980) was one of the most widely read Chinese authors of the 1930s to 1960s. His popular urban gothic tales, his exotic spy fiction, and his quasi-existentialist love stories full of nostalgia and melancholy offer today's readers an unusual glimpse into China's turbulent twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese translations--spanning a period of some thirty years, from 1937 until 1965--bring to life some of Xu Xu's most representative short fictions from prewar Shanghai and postwar Hong Kong and Taiwan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Afterword illustrates that Xu Xu's idealistic tendencies in defiance of the politicization of art exemplify his affinity with European romanticism and link his work to a global literary modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Xu Xu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611720559\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611720556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stone Bridge Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d","brand":"Xu Xu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987002786047,"sku":"9781611720556","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec57fc41-7520-4917-8091-77f95399e150.jpg?v=1683286431","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bird-talk-and-other-stories-xu-xu-9781611720556","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}