{"product_id":"trees-without-wind-rui-li-9780231162753","title":"Trees Without Wind","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnfolding in the tense years of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), \u003ci\u003eTrees Without Wind\u003c\/i\u003e takes place in a remote Shanxi village in which a rare affliction has left the residents physically stunted. Director Liu, an older revolutionary and local commune head, becomes embroiled in a power struggle with Zhang Weiguo, a young ideologue who believes he is the model of a true revolutionary. Complicating matters is a woman named Nuanyu, who, like Zhang Weiguo and Director Liu, is an outsider untouched by the village's disease. \"Wedded\" to all of the male villagers, Nuanyu lives a polyandrous lifestyle based on necessity and at odds with the puritanical idealism of the Cultural Revolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe deformed villagers, representing the manipulated masses of China, become pawns in the Party representatives' factional infighting. Director Liu and Zhang Weiguo's explosive tug-of-war is part of a larger battle among politics, self-interest, and passion gripping a world undone by ideological extremism. A collectively told narrative powered by distinctive subjectivities, \u003ci\u003eTrees Without Wind\u003c\/i\u003e is a milestone in the fictional treatment of a horrific event.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rui Li\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231162758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231162753\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 12\/18\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Rui Li","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48850149769471,"sku":"9780231162753","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/trees-without-wind-rui-li-9780231162753","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}