{"product_id":"brothers-paperback","title":"Brothers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eA bestseller in China, \u003ci\u003eBrothers\u003c\/i\u003e is an epic and wildly unhinged black comedy of modern Chinese society running amok. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is China as we've never seen it before, in a sweeping, Rabelaisian panorama of forty years of rough-and-rumble Chinese history, from the madness of the Cultural Revolution to the equally rabid madness of extreme materialism. Yu Hua, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eTo Live\u003c\/i\u003e, gives us a surreal tale of two comically mismatched stepbrothers, Baldy Li, a sex-obsessed ne'er-do-well, and the bookish, sensitive Song Gang, who vow that they will always be brothers--a bond they will struggle to maintain over the years as they weather the ups and downs of rivalry in love and making and losing millions in the new China. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth tragic and absurd by turns, \u003ci\u003eBrothers\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating vision of an extraordinary place and time.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104486133983,"sku":"9780307386069","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/BRXEs-t98I9780307386069.webp?v=1781108415","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/brothers-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}