{"product_id":"taipei-people-9781529951509","title":"Taipei People","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Taipei, Taiwan. The Chinese Civil War is now long over, but its shadow still haunts the city's lost souls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eA masterwork of Chinese short fiction - now published in the UK for the very first time - Taipei People follows the lives and losses of those who fled to Taipei after the 1949 Communist takeover of China.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e'A master of portraiture ' Henry Miller\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e'The highest achievement in the contemporary Chinese story' Patrick Hanan\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pai Hsien-yung","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49116707717371,"sku":"9781529951509","price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/8176\/3067\/files\/content_0fb4f13b-e4b7-4576-8551-ae3f636a8a0e.jpg?v=1785389320","url":"https:\/\/aureliabooks.co.nz\/products\/taipei-people-9781529951509","provider":"Aurelia Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}