{"product_id":"9781529951509","title":"Taipei People","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWelcome to Taipei, Taiwan. The Chinese Civil War is now long over, but its shadow still haunts the city's lost souls.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA masterwork of Chinese short fiction - now published in the UK for the very first time - \u003ci\u003eTaipei People \u003c\/i\u003efollows the lives and losses of those who fled to Taipei after the 1949 Communist takeover of China.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThreaded through with yearning and nostaglia, brimming with lost loves and half-forgotten faces, with dark pasts and darker presents, this collection of fourteen tales is an ode to a city of exiles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThese are stories for anyone who has ever left home, for anyone who has had to say goodbye, and for all those who were not able to\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A master of portraiture\u003c\/b\u003e' Henry Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The highest achievement in the contemporary Chinese story'\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Hanan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Pai+Hsien-yung\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003ePai Hsien-yung\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pai Hsien-yung","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48004887871651,"sku":"9781529951509","price":505.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/9781529951509.jpg?v=1786991842","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781529951509","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}