{"product_id":"the-lily-theatre-9780385489867","title":"The Lily Theatre","description":"\u003cb\u003eA strikingly original debut novel--and an international literary sensation--based on the author's experience growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution. - \"An original writer of real talent.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When twelve-year-old Lian Shui accompanies her mother to reeducation camp, no one imagines that Lian will receive an education. But detained along with her mother are some of China's greatest thinkers and they take an interest in young Lian. She in turn delivers lectures of her own to the creatures inhabiting a pond she dubs \"The Lily Theater.\" These ideas inform her life when she returns to school and reunites with her best friend Kim, a peasant girl through whom Lian ultimately learns about the painful failings of Mao's teachings-and of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385489867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/28\/2001 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/02\/2001 pg. 89\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lulu Wang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44608319389877,"sku":"9780385489867","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_aa4e81cf-f7c3-4b75-9398-481f9fdb82df.jpg?v=1725374176","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-lily-theatre-9780385489867","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}