{"product_id":"mother-river-can-xue-9781960385314","title":"Mother River","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2015 Best Translated Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe thirteen stories in this collection are vintage Can Xue. Similar to her novels (\u003ci\u003eThe Last Lover\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrontier\u003c\/i\u003e) and other collections (\u003ci\u003eVertical Motion\u003c\/i\u003e) the focus is less on \u003ci\u003ewhat happens \u003c\/i\u003eand more on the \u003ci\u003eexperience \u003c\/i\u003eof reading. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mother River\" is a short bildungsroman of a young man who decides to become a fisherman (and crafter of spherical maps) and discovers that performing the role itself is more important than the number of fish they catch. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurreal, provocative, and unique, \u003ci\u003eMother River \u003c\/i\u003ereinforces Can Xue's status as one of the most reward and complex writers working today--and a perennial favorite to win the Nobel Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Can Xue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1960385313\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781960385314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Letter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Can Xue","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46173122199807,"sku":"9781960385314","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_95ef391c-7384-4d60-9a37-defffda19d17.jpg?v=1727180055","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mother-river-can-xue-9781960385314","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}