{"product_id":"the-sorrows-of-others","title":"The Sorrows of Others","description":"\u003cb\u003eA NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION 5 UNDER 35\u003c\/b\u003eSet in China and America, in the generations after the Cultural Revolution, \u003ci\u003eThe Sorrows of Others\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling collection about people confronted with being outsiders--as immigrants, as revolutionaries, and even, often, within their own families.\u003cbr\u003e\"Writers with virtually perfect debuts are certainly rare; Zhang joins that short list with a magnificent ten-story collection filled with lost souls aching for connection on both sides of the world.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003cp\u003eIn New York City, an art student finds an unexpected subject when she moves in with a grandmother from Xi'an, and boundaries are put into question. When a newlywed couple moves to Arizona, adapting to unfamiliar customs keeps their marriage from falling apart. A woman grapples with what it means to care for another, and the limits of that care, when her dying husband returns from Beijing years after abandoning her. And during a rainy summer in Texas, a visitor exposes the unspoken but unburiable history that binds two families together. Ada Zhang writes with startling honesty and love about lives young and old, in a stunning debut that explores what happens when we leave home and what happens when we stay, and the selves we meet and shed in the process of becoming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r","brand":"Ada Zhang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44440859607276,"sku":"9781736370964","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781736370964.jpg?v=1719093256","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/the-sorrows-of-others","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}