{"product_id":"english-9780143116547","title":"English","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"I loved this book and can't stop talking about it. . . . Transcendent.\" --Carolyn See, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the tradition of \u003ci\u003eBalzac\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand the\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLittle Chinese Seamstress\u003c\/i\u003e, Wang Gang's \u003ci\u003eEnglish \u003c\/i\u003eis a captivating coming-of-age novel about the power of language to launch a journey of self-discovery. When a new teacher--a tall, elegantly dressed man from Shanghai carrying an English dictionary under his arm--comes to Urumqi, the capital of China's far west region of Xinjiang, twelve-year-old Love Liu turns away from Chairman Mao's little red book and toward the teacher's big blue book for answers to his most pressing questions about love and life. But as a whole new world begins to open up for him, Love Liu must face a test more challenging than any he'll take in the classroom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wang Gang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.30w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143116547\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWang Gang\u003c\/b\u003e based \u003ci\u003eEnglish\u003c\/i\u003e on his experiences growing up in the Xinjiang region in China's far west. He now lives in Beijing and is the author of a number of critically acclaimed novels as well as the screenplays for two enormously popular Chinese films. \u003ci\u003eEnglish\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel to be translated into English, and rights have been sold around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44232145928307,"sku":"9.78014E+12","price":23.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_74f6252d-7919-4215-8f2e-bf0780d776ce.jpg?v=1768656451","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/english-9780143116547","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}