{"product_id":"the-dark-road-9780143125402","title":"The Dark Road","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom one of world literature's most courageous voices, a novel about the human cost of China's one-child policy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFar away from the Chinese economic miracle, from the bright lights of Beijing and Shanghai, is a vast rural hinterland, where life goes on much as it has for generations, with one extraordinary difference: \"normal\" parents are permitted by the state to have only a single child. Written while Ma Jian traveled the rural backwaters of southwestern China, \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Road\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of one such family, who makes the radical choice to defy the crackdown. A haunting and indelible portrait of the tragedies befalling women and families at the hands of China's one-child policy and of the human spirit's capacity to endure even the most brutal cruelty, \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Road\u003c\/i\u003e is also a celebration of life, and of the fierce beauty born of courageous resistance to injustice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143125402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/21\/2014 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ma Jian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51580942614709,"sku":"9780143125402","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9e419726-89b2-43f3-afd4-1d76e28e0e78.jpg?v=1755618803","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-dark-road-9780143125402","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}