{"product_id":"land-of-big-numbers-te-ping-chen-9780358272557","title":"Land of Big Numbers: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Best Book of the Year: Barack Obama - NPR - \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cem\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cem\u003eEsquire \u003c\/em\u003e- \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e - Chicago Public Library - \u003cem\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMalala Yousafzai's Fearless Book Club Pick for Literati \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \"Dazzling...Riveting.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Gripping and illuminating . . . At the heart of Te-Ping Chen's remarkable debut lies a question all too relevant in 21st Century America: What is freedom?\"\u003c\/strong\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003eJennifer Egan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \"Immensely rewarding, from the first sentence to the last . . . An exceptional collection.\" --Charles Yu\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \"stirring and brilliant\" debut story collection, offering vivid portrayals of the men and women of modern China and its diaspora, \"both love letter and sharp social criticism,\" from a phenomenal new literary talent bringing great \"insight from her years as a reporter with the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\" \u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eElle\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGripping and compassionate, \u003cem\u003eLand of Big Numbers\u003c\/em\u003e traces the journeys of the diverse and legion Chinese people, their history, their government, and how all of that has tumbled--messily, violently, but still beautifully--into the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCutting between clear-eyed realism and tongue-in-cheek magical realism, Chen's stories coalesce into a portrait of a people striving for openings where mobility is limited. Twins take radically different paths: one becomes a professional gamer, the other a political activist. A woman moves to the city to work at a government call center and is followed by her violent ex-boyfriend. A man is swept into the high-risk, high-reward temptations of China's volatile stock exchange. And a group of people sit, trapped for no reason, on a subway platform for months, waiting for official permission to leave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith acute social insight, Te-Ping Chen layers years of experience reporting on the ground in China with incantatory prose in this taut, surprising debut, proving herself both a remarkable cultural critic and an astonishingly accomplished new literary voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Te-Ping Chen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0358272556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780358272557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2020 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/12\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2020 pg. 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2020 pg. 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2021","brand":"Te-Ping Chen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054445293823,"sku":"9780358272557","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_640f9126-3b3d-48f5-bc1f-fc08e69de915.jpg?v=1685030018","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/land-of-big-numbers-te-ping-chen-9780358272557","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}