{"product_id":"rainbow-volume-4-paperback","title":"Rainbow: Volume 4 - 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\u003eDun Mao\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMadeleine Zelin\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this translation of the 1929 novel \u003ci\u003eRainbow\u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eHong\u003c\/i\u003e), one of China's most influential works of fiction is at last available in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRainbow\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the political and social disruptions in China during the early years of the twentieth century. Inspired by the iconoclasm of the \"May Fourth Movement,\" the heroine, Mei, embarks on a journey that takes her from the limitations of the traditional family to a discovery of the new, \"modern\" values of individualism, sexual equality, and political responsibility. The novel moves with Mei from the conservative world of China's interior provinces down the Yangtze River to Shanghai, where she discovers the turbulent political environment of China's most modern city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMao Dun writes with the conviction of one who has lived through the events he is describing. \u003ci\u003eRainbow\u003c\/i\u003e provides a moving introduction to the contradictions inherent in the simultaneous quest for personal freedom and national strengthening. Vividly evocative of the period in which it was written, it is equally relevant to the China of today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRainbow chronicles the changing political and social climate of China during the early years of the twentieth century. Inspired by the iconoclasm of the 'May Fourth Movement, ' the heroine, Mei, embarks on a journey that takes her from the limitations of the traditional family to the discovery of the new, 'modern' values of individualism, sexual equality, and political responsibility. The novel moves with Mei from the conservative world of China's interior provinces down the Yangzi River to Shanghai, where she discovers the turbulent political environment of China's most modern city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eShen Yanbing (1896-1981), better known by the pen name \u003cb\u003eMao Dun\u003c\/b\u003e, was a member of the generation that created a truly vernacular Chinese literature in the early twentieth century. After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, he was named Minister of Culture. \u003cb\u003eMadeleine Zelin\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Chinese History and East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Magistrate's Tael\u003c\/i\u003e (California, 1984).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 255\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.95 x 6.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44287425642631,"sku":"9780520073289","price":57.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/612Jor7jQT9780520073289.webp?v=1774849607","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/rainbow-volume-4-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}