{"product_id":"milestones-on-a-golden-road-richard-king-9780774823739","title":"Milestones on a Golden Road: Writing for Chinese Socialism, 1945-80","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMilestones on a Golden Road, \u003c\/i\u003e Richard King presents pivotal works of fiction published under the watchful eye of China's Communist regime between 1945 and 1980. Addressing questions of literary production, King looks at how writers dealt with shifting ideological demands, what indigenous and imported traditions inspired them, and how they were able to depict a utopian Communist future to their readers, even as the present took a very different turn. Early \"red classics\" were followed by works featuring increasingly lurid images of joyful socialism, and later by fiction exposing the Mao era as an age of irrationality, arbitrary rule, and suffering - a Golden Road that had led to nowhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0774823739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780774823739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of British Columbia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2014","brand":"Richard King","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47244005933311,"sku":"9780774823739","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_df2e0798-50fb-4354-be1b-fcb9c6be6a33.jpg?v=1758134707","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/milestones-on-a-golden-road-richard-king-9780774823739","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}