{"product_id":"years-of-red-dust-stories-of-shanghai-paperback","title":"Years of Red Dust: Stories of Shanghai - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eQiu Xiaolong\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished originally in the pages of \u003ci\u003eLe Monde, \u003c\/i\u003ethis collection of linked short stories by Qiu Xiaolong has already been a major bestseller in France \u003ci\u003e(Cite de la Poussiere Rouge) \u003c\/i\u003eand Germany \u003ci\u003e(Das Tor zur Roten Gasse), \u003c\/i\u003ewhere it and the author was the subject of a major television documentary. The stories in \u003ci\u003eYears of Red Dust \u003c\/i\u003etrace the changes in modern China over fifty years--from the early days of the Communist revolution in 1949 to the modernization movement of the late nineties--all from the perspective of one small street in Shanghai, Red Dust Lane. From the early optimism at the end of the Chinese Civil War, through the brutality and upheaval of the Cultural Revolution, to the death of Mao, the pro-democracy movement and the riots in Tiananmen Square--history, on both an epic and personal scale, unfolds through the bulletins posted and the lives lived in this one lane, this one corner of Shanghai.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQIU XIAOLONG is a poet, professor and author of five previous novels featuring Inspector Chen. Born and raised in Shanghai, where he was a renowned poet and translator, Qiu lives with his family in St. Louis, Missouri.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42128959995984,"sku":"9780312609252","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/eFE2Z3Z4bzJZOXpDdkwwV2JnN21NUT09.webp?v=1773409884","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/years-of-red-dust-stories-of-shanghai-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}