{"product_id":"bullets-and-opium-liao-yiwu-9781982126650","title":"Bullets and Opium: Real-Life Stories of China After the Tiananmen Square Massacre","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ememorable series of portraits of the working class people who defended Tiananmen Square\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e) during the protests from the award-winning poet, dissident, and \"one of the most original and remarkable Chinese writers of our time\" (Philip Gourevitch). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuch has been written about the Tiananmen Square protests, but very little exists in the words of those who were actually there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor over seven years, Liao Yiwu--a master of contemporary Chinese literature, imprisoned and persecuted as a counter-revolutionary until he fled the country in 2011--secretly interviewed survivors of the devastating 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Tortured, imprisoned, and forced into silence and the margins of Chinese society for thirty years, their harrowing and unforgettable stories are now finally revealed in this \"indispensable historical document\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Liao Yiwu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1982126655\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982126650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria\/One Signal Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Liao Yiwu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983615623423,"sku":"9781982126650","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_01570e43-0e60-4559-bb02-9ecf3de60ef6.jpg?v=1683267705","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bullets-and-opium-liao-yiwu-9781982126650","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}