{"product_id":"taipei-people","title":"Taipei People","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWelcome to Taipei, Taiwan. The Chinese Civil War is now long over, but its shadow still haunts the city's lost souls.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A masterwork of Chinese short fiction - now published in the UK for the very first time - \u003ci\u003eTaipei People\u003c\/i\u003e follows the lives and losses of those who fled to Taipei after the 1949 Communist takeover of China.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Threaded 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\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\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A master of portraiture\u003c\/b\u003e' Henry Miller\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'The highest achievement in the contemporary Chinese story'\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Hanan\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Taipei People","offer_id":46473697853637,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-5299-5150-9.jpg?v=1782875523","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/taipei-people","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}