{"product_id":"the-rice-sprout-song-eileen-chang-9780520210882","title":"The Rice Sprout Song","description":"The first of Eileen Chang's novels to be written in English, \u003ci\u003eThe Rice-Sprout Song\u003c\/i\u003e portrays the horror and absurdity that the land-reform movement brings to a southern village in China during the early 1950s. Contrary to the hopes of the peasants in this story, the redistribution of land does not mean an end to hunger. Man-made and natural disasters bring about the threat of famine, while China's involvement in the Korean War further deepens the peasants' misery. Chang's chilling depiction of the peasants' desperate attempts to survive both the impending famine and government abuse makes for spellbinding reading. Her critique of communism rewrites the land-reform discourse at the same time it lays bare the volatile relations between politics and literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eileen Chang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520210883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520210882\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\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 4.97w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/1998 pg. 224","brand":"Eileen Chang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992210014463,"sku":"9780520210882","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b13c1b84-0fe6-4d8d-b021-786c3810dcd7.jpg?v=1683314664","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rice-sprout-song-eileen-chang-9780520210882","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}