{"product_id":"shi-cheng-short-stories-from-urban-china-paperback","title":"Shi Cheng: Short Stories from Urban China - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLiu Ding\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCarol Yinghua Lu\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRa Page\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo the West, China may appear an unstoppable economic unity, a single high-performing whole, but for the inhabitants of this vast, complex, and contradictory nation, it is the cities that hold the secret to such economic success. From the affluent, Westernized Hong Kong to the ice-cold Harbin in the north, from the Islamic quarters of Xi'an to the manufacturing powerhouse of Guangzhou--China's cities thrum with promise and aspiration, playing host to the myriad hopes, frustrations, and tensions that define China today. The stories in this anthology offer snapshots of 10 such cities, taking in as many different types of inhabitant. Here we meet the lowly Beijing mechanic lovingly piecing together his first car from scrap metal, somnambulant commuters at a Nanjing bus stop refusing to acknowledge the presence of a dead body just feet away, or Shenyang intellectuals conducting a letter-writing campaign on the moral welfare of their city. The challenges depicted in these stories are uniquely Chinese, but the energy and ingenuity with which their authors approach them is something readers everywhere can marvel at. Featuring stories from locations including Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Harbin, Hong Kong, Nanjing, Shanghai, Shenyang, Wuhan, and Xi'an, the collection contains work from authors Jie Chen, Han Dong, Diao Dou, Cau Kou, Ding Liying, Ho Sin Tung, Yi Sha, Zhu Wen, Xu Zechen, and Zhang Zhihao.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiu Ding\u003c\/b\u003e is an artist who lives and works in Beijing. His first solo exhibition was in 1998 in Nanging, after which he established Pink Studio Space. He's a founding member of the Complete Art Experience Project, and from 2007 to 2008 was artistic director of JoyArt, Beijing. His work has been exhibited in China, Sweden, Berlin, Germany, Italy, Russia, the UK, and Switzerland. \u003cb\u003eCarol Yinghua Lu\u003c\/b\u003e is one of China's most active and dynamic art curators and critics. She was on the selection panel for the 2011 Golden Lion Award at the Venice Biennale and is one of the co-artistic directors of the 2012 Gwangju Biennale. She regularly writes for a number of journals and is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eContemporary Art \u0026amp; Investment\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. \u003cb\u003eRa Page\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder and managing editor of Comma Press, an independent UK publishing house specializing in short fiction. He is also coordinator of Literature Northwest, a support agency for independent publishers in the region, and runs Comma Film, an ongoing film adaptation project that regularly commissions filmmakers and animators to adapt short literary texts. He is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Uncanny\u003c\/i\u003e--winner of the Shirley Jackson Award in 2008--and editor of \u003ci\u003eLitmus: Short Stories from Modern Science\u003c\/i\u003e, voted one of 2011's books of the year by the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50530520858821,"sku":"9781905583461","price":26.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/aI3l1ducuh9781905583461.webp?v=1790229134","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/shi-cheng-short-stories-from-urban-china-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}