{"product_id":"discovering-fiction-lianke-yan-9781478018308","title":"Discovering Fiction","description":"Over the past twenty years, Chinese novelist Yan Lianke has emerged as one of the most important writers in the world. In \u003ci\u003eDiscovering Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, Yan offers insights into his views on literature and realism, the major works that inspired him, and his theories of writing. He juxtaposes discussions of the high realism of Leo Tolstoy and Lu Xun against Franz Kafka's modernism and Gabriel Garc? M疵quez's magical realism, charting the relationship between causality, truth, and modes of realism. He also discusses his approach to realism, which he terms \"mythorealism\"--a way of capturing the world's underlying truth by relying on the allegories, myths, legends, and dreamscapes that emerge from daily life. Revealing and instructive, \u003ci\u003eDiscovering Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e gives readers an unprecedented look into the mind and art of a literary giant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lianke Yan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1478018305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478018308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2022","brand":"Lianke Yan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049950802175,"sku":"9781478018308","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_02452e29-146c-4ecb-93fc-6db949b692f9.jpg?v=1685004326","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/discovering-fiction-lianke-yan-9781478018308","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}