{"product_id":"cocoon-zhang-yueran-9781642861778","title":"Cocoon: Read the World: China","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe third volume of the \u003ci\u003eRead the World\u003c\/i\u003e series takes you to China with Zhang Yueran's \u003ci\u003eCocoon\u003c\/i\u003e, called a \"luminous gateway into current Chinese fiction\" by the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCocoon \u003c\/i\u003eis a stupendous novel, a beautiful and formidable achievement on the grandest scale. Its ruthless psychological realism is wondrously amplified by Zhang Yueran's magical powers of description. Zhang Yueran's scenes and images have an unworldly gleam of both hard-won insight and timeless truth. The novel is a triumph.\" --\u003cb\u003eIAN McEWAN\u003c\/b\u003e, author of the international bestseller \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAtonement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Zhang dazzles with an intricately crafted web of secrets centered on two childhood friends in China. In lyrical prose, Zhang deeply humanizes her leads as they look to the past in an effort to understand themselves. It adds up to a remarkable and tragic story of family and community.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCheng Gong and Li Jiaqi go way back. Both hailing from dysfunctional families, they grew up together in a Chinese provincial capital in the 1980s. Now, many years later, the childhood friends reunite and discover how much they still have in common. Both have always been determined to follow the tracks of their grandparents' generation to the heart of a mystery that perhaps should have stayed buried. What exactly happened during that rainy night in 1967, in the abandoned water tower? Zhang Yueran's layered and hypnotic prose reveals much about the unshakable power of friendship and the existence of hope. Hers is a unique fresh voice representing a new generation of important young writers from China, shedding a different light on the country's recent past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zhang Yueran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1642861774\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642861778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e World Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Zhang Yueran","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447583355135,"sku":"9781642861778","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_819af8bf-769f-44a9-9a75-c90d55c5c052.jpg?v=1777233658","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cocoon-zhang-yueran-9781642861778","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}