{"product_id":"adrift-in-the-south-9781738536269","title":"Adrift in the South","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen Xiao Hai turned fifteen, his family paid a vocational-school teacher 1,200 yuan to find him a factory job in Shenzhen. So began a decade spent moving between the garment mills and electronics factories of China's fast-growing southern cities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdrift in the South\u003c\/i\u003e is a first-hand account of a life spent dodging corrupt officials and abusive employers, working long hours in brutal conditions and sleeping in overcrowded dormitories. Xiao Hai gives voice to a generation of migrant workers searching for survival, meaning and dignity in a country undergoing dramatic economic and political transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA landmark work from China's migrant worker literature movement, this memoir offers a rare perspective on the human cost of the country's economic rise.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Granta Magazine Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781738536269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320","brand":"Xiao Hai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52435619250357,"sku":"9781738536269","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a382b8cc-dc9d-4bd8-be0f-21e9e0f41544.jpg?v=1776227509","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/adrift-in-the-south-9781738536269","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}