{"product_id":"fact-in-fiction-kristin-stapleton-9781503601062","title":"Fact in Fiction: 1920s China and Ba Jin's Family","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistorical novels can be windows into other cultures and eras, but it's not always clear what's fact and what's fiction. Thousands have read Ba Jin's influential novel \u003ci\u003eFamily\u003c\/i\u003e, but few realize how much he shaped his depiction of 1920s China to suit his story and his politics. In \u003ci\u003eFact in Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, Kristin Stapleton puts Ba Jin's bestseller into full historical context, both to illustrate how it successfully portrays human experiences during the 1920s and to reveal its historical distortions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStapleton's attention to historical evidence and clear prose that directly addresses themes and characters from \u003ci\u003eFamily\u003c\/i\u003e create a book that scholars, students, and general readers will enjoy. She focuses on Chengdu, China, Ba Jin's birthplace and the setting for \u003ci\u003eFamily\u003c\/i\u003e, which was also a cultural and political center of western China. The city's richly preserved archives allow Stapleton to create an intimate portrait of a city that seemed far from the center of national politics of the day but clearly felt the forces of--and contributed to--the turbulent stream of Chinese history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kristin Stapleton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1503601064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781503601062\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/17\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2017","brand":"Kristin Stapleton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987788103935,"sku":"9781503601062","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_814d9812-98ef-43d7-8b24-2a3684311e16.jpg?v=1683290976","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fact-in-fiction-kristin-stapleton-9781503601062","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}