{"product_id":"naked-earth","title":"Naked Earth","description":"An NYRB Classics Original\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the early years of Mao’s China, \u003ci\u003eNaked Earth\u003c\/i\u003e is the story  of two earnest young people confronting the grim realities of  revolutionary change. Liu Ch’üan and Su Nan meet in the countryside  after volunteering to assist in the new land reform program. Eager to  build a more just society, they are puzzled and shocked by the  brutality, barely disguised corruption, and ruthless careerism they  discover, but then quickly silenced by the barrage of propaganda and  public criticism that is directed at anyone who appears to doubt a  righteous cause. Joined together by the secret of their common dismay,  they remain in touch when Liu departs to work on a newspaper in Peking,  where Su Nan eventually also moves. Something like love begins to grow  between them—but then a new round of purges sweeps through the  revolutionary ranks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the greatest and most loved of modern  Chinese writers, Eileen Chang illuminates the dark corners of the human  existence with a style of disorienting beauty. \u003ci\u003eNaked Earth\u003c\/i\u003e,  unavailable in English for more than fifty years, is a harrowing tale of  perverted ideals, damaged souls, deepest loneliness, and terror.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315619996030,"sku":"NW9781590178348","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781590178348.jpg?v=1778687045","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/naked-earth","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}