{"product_id":"9789629966621","title":"Mirage","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHanan, Patrick\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNew York Review Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6\/14\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eFirst published anonymously in 1804—its author remains unknown—\u003ci\u003eMirage\u003c\/i\u003e is set in Guangzhou (Canton), some decades before the city was  overwhelmed by the opium trade and the Opium War. Su Jishi, the  adolescent son of the head of the Chinese traders’ association, the men  licensed to deal with foreign merchants in the port, is suddenly  burdened with responsibility for his powerful family after his father’s  unexpected death. More interested in sex than money, Su Jishi learns to  navigate between pleasure and commerce, as rebellions erupt just outside  the city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the crossroads of two of the greatest Chinese books—the aristocratic coming-of-age novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Stone\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Dream of the Red Chamber\u003c\/i\u003e) and the military epic \u003ci\u003eOutlaws of the Marsh\u003c\/i\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMirage\u003c\/i\u003e is panorama of libertines and concubines, lecherous monks and celibate  soldiers, corrupt officials and drunken scholars. As entertaining as a  bestseller, it is a hectic recreation of vanished mores and customs, and  the life of a Chinese city as it was beginning to discover—and deal  with—the rest of the world.","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43374886584575,"sku":"9789629966621","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9789629966621_s600x595.jpg?v=1775587366","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9789629966621","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}