{"product_id":"the-taste-of-apples-huang-huang-chun-ming-9780231122610","title":"The Taste of Apples","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the preeminent writer of Taiwanese nativist fiction and the leading translator of Chinese literature come these poignant accounts of everyday life in rural and small-town Taiwan. Huang is frequently cited as one of the most original and gifted storytellers in the Chinese language, and these selections reveal his genius. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"The Two Sign Painters,\" TV reporters ambush two young workers from the country taking a break atop a twenty-four-story building. \"His Son's Big Doll\" introduces the tortured soul inside a walking advertisement, and in \"Xiaoqi's Cap\" a dissatisfied pressure-cooker salesman is fascinated by a young schoolgirl. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHuang's characters--generally the uneducated and disadvantaged who must cope with assaults on their traditionalism, hostility from their urban brethren and, of course, the debilitating effects of poverty--come to life in all their human uniqueness, free from idealization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Huang Huang Chun-Ming\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231122616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231122610\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 04\/18\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.00w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/07\/2001 pg. 226","brand":"Huang Huang Chun-Ming","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993941246207,"sku":"9780231122610","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3d27f054-aa3b-46be-a166-85ae68eea527.jpg?v=1683327185","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-taste-of-apples-huang-huang-chun-ming-9780231122610","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}