{"product_id":"empire-of-glass-9781632460554","title":"Empire of Glass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A portrait of a soul,\"--Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, finalist for the National Book Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-1990s, an American teenager, named Lao K in Chinese, stands on Coal Hill, a park in Beijing, a loop of rope in her hand. Will she assist her Chinese homestay mother, Li-Ming, who is dying of cancer, in ending her life, or will she choose another path? Twenty years later, Lao K receives a book written by Li-Ming called \"Empire of Glass,\" a narrative that chronicles the lives of Li-Ming and her husband, Wang, in pre and post-revolutionary China over the last half of the twentieth century. Lao K begins translating the story, which becomes the novel we are reading. But, as translator, how can Lao K separate fact from fiction, and what will her role be in the book's final chapter?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA grand, experimental epic--Lao K's story is told in footnotes that run throughout the book--that chronicles the seismic changes in China over the last half century through the lens of one family's experiences, \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Glass\u003c\/i\u003e is an investigation into the workings of human memory and the veracity of oral history that pushes the boundaries of language and form in stunning and unforgettable ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaitlin Solimine \u003c\/b\u003ehas been a Fulbright Fellow in China, and has received several scholarships, awards, and residencies for her writing, including the 2012 Dzanc Books\/Disquiet International Literary Program award for an earlier draft of \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Glass\u003c\/i\u003e, judged by Colson Whitehead. Her fiction has been published in \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eKartika Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous anthologies. Kaitlin is co-founder of HIPPO Reads, a network connecting academic insights and scholars to the wider public. She resides in San Francisco with her husband and daughter, where she is a 2016 SF Grotto Writing Fellow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ig Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781632460554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/26\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kaitlin Solimine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36663506895004,"sku":"9781632460554","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_97b6631e-2ddb-4ec6-9527-1e36327a541a.jpg?v=1603904463","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/empire-of-glass-9781632460554","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}