{"product_id":"ninth-building-9781948830751","title":"Ninth Building","description":"\u003ci\u003eNinth Building \u003c\/i\u003eis a fascinating collection of vignettes drawn from Zou Jingzhi's experience\u003cbr\u003egrowing up during the Cultural Revolution, first as a boy in Beijing and then as a teenager exiled\u003cbr\u003eto the countryside. Zou poetically captures a side of the Cultural Revolution that is less talked\u003cbr\u003eabout--the sheer tedium and waste of young life, as well as the gallows humor that\u003cbr\u003eaccompanies such desperate situations. Jeremy Tiang's enthralling translation of this important\u003cbr\u003ework of fiction was awarded a PEN\/Heim Grant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eZou Jingzhi\u003c\/b\u003e is highly regarded in China as a fiction writer, poet, essayist, screenwriter, and\u003cbr\u003eplaywright. He is a founding member of the Chinese theatre collective Longmashe. As a\u003cbr\u003escreenwriter, the films he wrote for Zhang Yimou and Wong Kar Wai have been well received at\u003cbr\u003efilm festivals across the world. His plays and operas have been performed in China as well as\u003cbr\u003einternationally, and his poems and essays have been very influential, going into multiple reprints. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeremy Tiang\u003c\/b\u003e has translated over twenty books from Chinese, including novels by Yan Ge, Yeng Pway Ngon, Zhang Yueran, Shuang Xuetao, Lo Yi-Chin, Chan Ho-Kei, and Geling Yan. His novel \u003ci\u003eState of Emergency\u003c\/i\u003e won the Singapore Literature Prize in 2018. He also writes and translates plays. Originally from Singapore, he now lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Letter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50673875616018,"sku":"9781948830751","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1f5b9c4b-e66f-40b3-acf6-2a21c68a3d11.jpg?v=1733846357","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ninth-building-9781948830751","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}