{"product_id":"the-song-of-everlasting-sorrow-anyi-wang-9780231143424","title":"The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Everlasting Sorrow\u003c\/i\u003e follows the adventures of Wang Qiyao, a girl born of the crowded, labyrinthine alleys of Shanghai's working-class neighborhoods. Infatuated with the glitz and glamour of 1940s Hollywood, Wang Qiyao seeks fame in the Miss Shanghai beauty pageant, and this fleeting moment of stardom becomes the pinnacle of her life. After the Communist victory, Wang Qiyao continues to indulge in the decadent pleasures of the Shanghai bourgeoisie, secretly playing mahjong during the antirightist campaign and exchanging lovers on the eve of the Cultural Revolution. She reemerges in the 1980s as a purveyor of \"old Shanghai,\" only to become embroiled in a tragedy that echoes the Hollywood noirs of her youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anyi Wang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231143427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231143424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.44w x 1.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/21\/2008 pg. 153\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/04\/2008 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/11\/2008 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2013 pg. 47","brand":"Anyi Wang","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47072003850495,"sku":"9780231143424","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f7b1f4d7-fb68-4e2a-93a6-098d52502214.jpg?v=1753415529","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-song-of-everlasting-sorrow-anyi-wang-9780231143424","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}