{"product_id":"the-world-of-a-tiny-insect-a-memoir-of-the-taiping-rebellion-and-its-aftermath-9780295993188","title":"The World of a Tiny Insect: A Memoir of the Taiping Rebellion and Its Aftermath","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"From the cry of a tiny insect, one can hear the sound of a vast world. . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins Zhang Daye's preface to \u003ci\u003eThe World of a Tiny Insect\u003c\/i\u003e, his haunting memoir of war and its aftermath. In 1861, when China's devastating Taiping rebellion began, Zhang was seven years old. The Taiping rebel army occupied Shaoxing, his hometown, and for the next two years, he hid from Taiping soldiers, local bandits, and imperial troops and witnessed gruesome scenes of violence and death. He lost friends and family and nearly died himself from starvation, illness, and encounters with soldiers on a rampage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten thirty years later, \u003ci\u003eThe World of a Tiny Insect\u003c\/i\u003e gives voice to this history. A rare premodern Chinese literary work depicting a child's perspective, Zhang's sophisticated text captures the macabre images, paranoia, and emotional excess that defined his wartime experience and echoed through his adult life. The structure, content, and imagery of \u003ci\u003eThe World of a Tiny Insect\u003c\/i\u003e offer a carefully constructed, fragmented narrative that skips in time and probes the relationships between trauma and memory, revealing both history and its psychic impact. Xiaofei Tian's annotated translation includes an introduction that situates \u003ci\u003eThe World of a Tiny Insect\u003c\/i\u003e in Chinese history and literature and explores the relevance of the book to the workings of traumatic memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zhang Daye\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.31w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295993188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZhang Daye \u003c\/b\u003e(b. 1854) is known only as the author of \u003ci\u003eThe World of a Tiny Insect\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eXiaofei \u003c\/b\u003eTian is professor of Chinese literature at Harvard University. Among her recent publications is \u003ci\u003eVisionary Journeys: Travel Writings from Early Medieval and Nineteenth-Century China.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40652265914483,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":47.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b7f09ed4-2c59-4751-8883-66a472e7cef2.jpg?v=1673017915","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-world-of-a-tiny-insect-a-memoir-of-the-taiping-rebellion-and-its-aftermath-9780295993188","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}