{"product_id":"brothers-9780307386069","title":"Brothers","description":"A bestseller in China, \u003ci\u003eBrothers\u003c\/i\u003e is an epic and wildly unhinged black comedy of modern Chinese society running amok. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307386069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.21w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/10\/2010 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2013 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yu Hua","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44637714153653,"sku":"9780307386069","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8b484ffb-2c81-41b3-8502-8f323c03432c.jpg?v=1726582454","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/brothers-9780307386069","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}