{"product_id":"family-catastrophe-wen-hsing-wang-9780824817107","title":"Family Catastrophe: A Modernist Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eWang Wen-hsing caused a sensation in Taiwan in 1972 with publication of Family Catastrophe, his first full-length novel. Many critics were outraged, called it socially irresponsible, morally corrupt, and stylistically irrational, but the novel weathered its controversial reception to become what is now widely regarded as a masterpiece in modern Chinese fiction and the benchmark of Taiwan's Modernist movement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Often described as Joycean, Family Catastrophe is significant for its stylistic and linguistic experimentation as well as for its disturbing and universal themes. It appears now in English for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wen-Hsing Wang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0824817109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780824817107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Hawaii Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.27w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/1995 pg. 96","brand":"Wen-Hsing Wang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44522733994239,"sku":"9780824817107","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7648a5cb-7273-4c0c-88c0-919a50bed301.jpg?v=1700158737","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/family-catastrophe-wen-hsing-wang-9780824817107","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}