{"product_id":"love-in-the-new-millennium-9780300278262","title":"Love in the New Millennium","description":"\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2019 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The most ambitious work of fiction by one of the world's greatest writers \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In this dreamlike novel . . . amid increasingly bizarre scenarios, appearances give way to hidden, otherworldly layers.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this darkly comic novel, a group of women inhabits a world of constant surveillance, where informants lurk in the flower beds and conspiracies abound. Some try to flee--whether to a mysterious gambling bordello, underground ancestral homes, or Nest County, where traditional medicines can reshape or psychologically transport the self. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Can Xue's mesmerizing storytelling traces love's many guises--satirical, tragic, transient, lasting, nebulous, and fulfilling--against a kaleidoscopic backdrop of commerce and industry, fraud and exploitation, and sex and romance drawn from the East and the West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan Xue\u003c\/b\u003e is the pseudonym of the Chinese writer Deng Xiaohua (b. 1953). Formerly a tailor, she began writing fiction in 1983. Her works include \u003ci\u003eBarefoot Doctor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFive Spice Street\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Lover\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eI Live in the Slums\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eAnnelise Finegan Wasmoen\u003c\/b\u003e is academic director and clinical associate professor of translation at NYU School of Professional Studies. \u003cb\u003eEileen Myles\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, novelist, and art journalist whose books include \u003ci\u003eFor Now\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChelsea Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEvolution\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641930617106,"sku":"9780300278262","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1fa7128c-e6d2-4705-955a-bf24c828c429.jpg?v=1737260541","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/love-in-the-new-millennium-9780300278262","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}