{"product_id":"kosher-chinese-9780805091960","title":"Kosher Chinese","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn irreverent tale of an American Jew serving in the Peace Corps in rural China, which reveals the absurdities, joys, and pathos of a traditional society in flux\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn September of 2005, the Peace Corps sent Michael Levy to teach English in the heart of China's heartland. His hosts in the city of Guiyang found additional uses for him: resident expert on Judaism, romantic adviser, and provincial basketball star, to name a few. His account of overcoming vast cultural differences to befriend his students and fellow teachers is by turns poignant and laugh-out-loud funny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile reveling in the peculiarities of life in China's interior, the author also discovered that the \"other billion\" (people living far from the coastal cities covered by the American media) have a complex relationship with both their own traditions and the rapid changes of modernization. Lagging behind in China's economic boom, they experience the darker side of \"capitalism with Chinese characteristics,\" daily facing the schizophrenia of conflicting ideologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKosher Chinese\u003c\/i\u003e is an illuminating account of the lives of the residents of Guiyang, particularly the young people who will soon control the fate of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holt McDougal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805091960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover Great New Writers - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/14\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2011 pg. 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2011 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/08\/2011 pg. 113\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Michael Levy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38469812224181,"sku":"9780805091960","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c70363ee-76ac-40aa-ad41-980294b71107.jpg?v=1612922215","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/kosher-chinese-9780805091960","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}