{"product_id":"braised-pork-by-an-yu","title":"Braised Pork By An Yu","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished: 04\/02\/2021\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with an intoxicating lyricism and surrealistic majesty, Yu’s kaleidoscopic odyssey of lost love, fractured identity and obscured mythology reads like no other novel of recent times. Bathed in exotic, dreamlike imagery and reminiscent of Murakami at his most inventive, \u003cem\u003eBraised Pork\u003c\/em\u003e is a hallucinogenic slice of modern Chinese fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne autumn morning after breakfast, Jia Jia's life changes for ever...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne morning in autumn, just after breakfast, Jia Jia finds her husband dead in the bathtub of their Beijing apartment. Next to him is a piece of folded paper, a sketch of a strange creature from his dream. He has left her no other sign.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYoung, alone, and with many unanswered questions, Jia Jia sets out to discover what this this mysterious clue might mean. From the high-rises to the hidden bars of contemporary Beijing, she crosses paths with people who call the city home, including someone who may be able to offer her the love she had long thought impossible. Her journey takes her to the high plains of Tibet, and even to a shadowy, watery otherworld, a place she both yearns for and fears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCinematic, dreamlike and very beautiful, \u003ci\u003eBraised Pork\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploration of myth-making, loss, and a world beyond words, and of a young woman's search deep into her past in order to arrive at her future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"publisher-information\" class=\"pdp-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher: \u003cspan\u003eVintage Publishing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN: \u003cspan\u003e9781529112160\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages: \u003cspan\u003e240\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions: \u003cspan\u003e196 x 130 x 15 mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeight: \u003cspan\u003e197 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage: \u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Starlight Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":67582496506169,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"IQD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/4624\/6457\/files\/915Tj9YcY_S._SL1500.jpg?v=1790963218","url":"https:\/\/starlightlibrary.shop\/products\/braised-pork-by-an-yu","provider":"Starlight Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}