{"product_id":"cocoon-read-the-world-a-to-z-china-paperback","title":"Cocoon: Read the World A to Z: China - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZhang Yueran\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJeremy Tiang\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTravel the globe with the most influential voices from Argentina to Zambia! \u003ci\u003eRead the World A to Z \u003c\/i\u003efeatures translated novels from \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA to Z--one country for every letter of the alphabet. The third volume of the \u003ci\u003eRead the World\u003c\/i\u003e series takes you to China with Zhang Yueran's \u003ci\u003eCocoon\u003c\/i\u003e, called a \"luminous gateway into current Chinese fiction\" by the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCocoon \u003c\/i\u003eis a stupendous novel, a beautiful and formidable achievement on the grandest scale. Its ruthless psychological realism is wondrously amplified by Zhang Yueran's magical powers of description. Zhang Yueran's scenes and images have an unworldly gleam of both hard-won insight and timeless truth. The novel is a triumph.\" --\u003cb\u003eIAN McEWAN\u003c\/b\u003e, author of the international bestseller \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAtonement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Zhang dazzles with an intricately crafted web of secrets centered on two childhood friends in China. In lyrical prose, Zhang deeply humanizes her leads as they look to the past in an effort to understand themselves. It adds up to a remarkable and tragic story of family and community.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCheng Gong and Li Jiaqi go way back. Both hailing from dysfunctional families, they grew up together in a Chinese provincial capital in the 1980s. Now, many years later, the childhood friends reunite and discover how much they still have in common. Both have always been determined to follow the tracks of their grandparents' generation to the heart of a mystery that perhaps should have stayed buried. What exactly happened during that rainy night in 1967, in the abandoned water tower? Zhang Yueran's layered and hypnotic prose reveals much about the unshakable power of friendship and the existence of hope. Hers is a unique fresh voice representing a new generation of important young writers from China, shedding a different light on the country's recent past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZhang Yueran\u003c\/b\u003e is one of China's most influential young writers. Her novel \u003ci\u003eCocoon \u003c\/i\u003esold more than 120,000 copies in China and has been translated into several languages. In France it was nominated for the Best Foreign Book Prize 2019 and won the Best Asian Novel of the Prix Transfuge 2019. Zhang has been chief editor of \u003ci\u003eNewwriting \u003c\/i\u003esince 2008 and teaches literature and creative writing at Renmin University in China. She was chosen by \u003ci\u003eAsymptote \u003c\/i\u003eas one of 20 Sinophone writers under 40 to look out for. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeremy Tiang\u003c\/b\u003e has translated over twenty books from Chinese, including novels by Shuang Xuetao, Lo Yi-Chin, Yan Ge, Yeng Pway Ngon, Chan Ho-Kei, and Geling Yan. His novel \u003ci\u003eState of Emergency\u003c\/i\u003e won the Singapore Literature Prize in 2018. He also writes and translates plays. Originally from Singapore, he now lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67846943965491,"sku":"9781642861778","price":28.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/n5g7r6BhQu9781642861778.webp?v=1793480485","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/cocoon-read-the-world-a-to-z-china-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}