{"product_id":"wintry-night-qiao-li-9780231122009","title":"Wintry Night","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn epic spanning more than half a century of Taiwan's history, this breathtaking historical novel traces the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efortunes of the Pengs, a family of Hakka Chinese settlers, across three generations from the 1890s, just before \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaiwan was ceded to Japan as a result of the Sino-Japanese war, through World War II. Li Qiao brilliantly re-creates the dramatic world of these pioneers -- and the colonization of Taiwan itself -- exploring their relationships with the aboriginal peoples of Taiwan and their struggle to establish their own ethnic and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epolitical identities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition is an abridgement for English-speaking readers and marks the work's first appearance in the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnglish-speaking world. An introduction explaining the cultural and historical background of the novel is included to help orient the reader to this amazingly rich cultural context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Qiao Li\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231122004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231122009\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 03\/07\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/05\/2001 pg. 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2001 pg. 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2001 pg. 1227\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2001 pg. 132","brand":"Qiao Li","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48135948009727,"sku":"9780231122009","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79606f36-ff7a-4ec9-9e54-8b645ab60fd8.jpg?v=1770159503","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wintry-night-qiao-li-9780231122009","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}