{"product_id":"sorrows-of-others","title":"Sorrows Of Others By Ada Zhang","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e2024 WHITING AWARD WINNER\u003cbr\u003eA NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION 5 UNDER 35\u003cbr\u003eREPUBLIC OF CONSCIOUSNESS PRIZE LONGLIST\u003cbr\u003eTHE STORY PRIZE LONGLIST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in China and America, in the generations after the Cultural Revolution, \u003ci\u003eThe Sorrows of Others\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling collection about people confronted with being outsiders—as immigrants, as revolutionaries, and even, often, within their own families.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Writers with virtually perfect debuts are certainly rare; Zhang joins that short list with a magnificent ten-story collection filled with lost souls aching for connection on both sides of the world.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn New York City, an art student finds an unexpected subject when she moves in with a grandmother from Xi’an, and boundaries are put into question. When a newlywed couple moves to Arizona, adapting to unfamiliar customs keeps their marriage from falling apart. A woman grapples with what it means to care for another, and the limits of that care, when her dying husband returns from Beijing years after abandoning her. And during a rainy summer in Texas, a visitor exposes the unspoken but unburiable history that binds two families together. Ada Zhang writes with startling honesty and love about lives young and old, in a stunning debut that explores what happens when we leave home and what happens when we stay, and the selves we meet and shed in the process of becoming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57573379178878,"sku":"NW9781736370964","price":12.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781736370964.jpg?v=1783271119","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/sorrows-of-others","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}