{"title":"Can Xue","description":"Can Xue is the pseudonym of the Chinese writer Deng Xiaohua (b. 1953). Formerly a tailor, she began writing fiction in 1983. Her works include Barefoot Doctor, I Live in the Slums, Love in the New Millennium, Five Spice Street, and The Last Lover. Annelise Finegan is academic director and clinical associate professor of translation at New York University.","products":[{"product_id":"the-enchanting-lives-of-others-hardcover","title":"The Enchanting Lives of Others - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA celebration of the beguiling power of literature, from one of the world's greatest storytellers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the Pigeon Book Club, a circle of readers gathers for exhilarating meetings to discuss literature. The only requirements for entry are an all-encompassing love of books and the intuition that to read is to love and to love is to read. Xiao Sang, a department store clerk, wonders if life can ever be as captivating as a novel. Newlyweds Fei and Han Ma struggle to build a marriage as Han Ma discovers a surprising gift for storytelling. Xiao Ma, a hopeful dreamer, explores the possibility of romance with an older man. Bound by a shared passion for fiction, each book club member seeks to understand the relationship between the stories they read and the lives they lead, reveling in both the quotidian details and the ecstasy of aesthetics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the most accessible work yet from the celebrated writer Can Xue: a utopian comedy and a work of profound joy, a love song to literary inspiration and the remarkable beauty of the ordinary. \u003ci\u003eThe Enchanting Lives of Others\u003c\/i\u003e explores what it means to know and be known to others through the transformative power of reading.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102208233695,"sku":"9780300281651","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/6mPi2JqrZf9780300281651.webp?v=1781079144"},{"product_id":"mother-river-paperback","title":"Mother River - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2015 Best Translated Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMother River\u003c\/i\u003e, Can Xue, one of China's most daring and visionary writers, invites us into a surreal landscape where reality is as fluid as a river itself. This collection of thirteen stories weaves together vivid, dreamlike narratives that challenge our perceptions of time, identity, and existence. \u003cbr\u003eThrough her signature blend of the absurd and the profound, Can Xue explores the fragile boundaries betwen the known and unknown, between humanity and nature. In these tales, a man tries to chase down an ellusive golden peacock, a woman communicates with mysterious, shifting forms of light, and the river that runs through a small village seems to pulse with memories of its own.\u003cbr\u003eSurreal, provocative, and unique, \u003ci\u003eMother River\u003c\/i\u003e reinforces Can Xue's status as one of the most rewarding and complex writers working today--and a perennial favorite to win the Nobel Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103700062431,"sku":"9781960385314","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/KDFkCsBYIB9781960385314.webp?v=1781097466"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/can-xue.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}