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What she found was an extended family torn apart by the seismic changes in Chinese society, and a village hollowed-out by emigration, neglect, and environmental despoliation. Combining family memoir, literary observation, and social commentary, Liang’s by turns moving and shocking account became a bestselling book in China and brought her fame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcross China, many saw in Liang’s remarkable and vivid interviews with family members and childhood acquaintances a mirror of their own families, and her observations about the way the greatest rural-to-urban migration of modern times has twisted the country resonated deeply.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChina in One Village\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etells the story of contemporary China through one clear-eyed observer, one family, and one village.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul data-ref=\"inner\" class=\"c-product-reviews__inner\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An engaging read, with lively first-person narratives … it is in these stories that the universality of people's hopes, fears and frustrations really shines through.\" \u003cbr\u003e- \u003cem\u003eNew Internationalist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A lucid, accessible account of rural Chinese life, its stories worth far more than the statistics usually invoked in accounts of the pro­found change that has swept China.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Jonathan Chatwin, \u003cem\u003eSouth China Morning Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A true literary sensation ... [Liang] pulls no punches.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Ian Johnson, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Stunningly insightful ... What makes Liang’s study so compelling is the way in which it offers a glimpse of a world in which personal problems ... exist on the same level as broader social and political problems\"\u003cbr\u003e- Mark Rappolt, \u003cem\u003eArtReview\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Overburdened grandparents, children who don’t see their parents, workers straining to make a living in unwelcoming cities: Liang Hong's book, \"China in One Village\" (tr. Emily Goedde), gives a platform for these voices from the countryside.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Mike Cormack,\u003cem\u003e SupChina\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The immediacy of \u003cem\u003eChina in One Village\u003c\/em\u003e brings to life how China is changing in a way that more academic works cannot do.\"\u003cbr\u003e- rs21\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Fair-minded and sanguine ... one of the clearest narrative accounts of China’s countryside available in English.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Amy Hawkins, \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eAuthor: Liang Hong\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Verso\u003cbr\u003eISBN: \u003cspan\u003e9781839761775\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublished \u003cspan\u003eJune 2021\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003ePage count: 320 Pages\u003cbr\u003eSubjects: China Studies\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40874621075541,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0006\/7554\/5141\/files\/Screenshot_2095.png?v=1721950092","url":"https:\/\/shop.workingclasshistory.com\/en-nz\/products\/china-in-one-village-the-story-of-one-town-and-the-changing-world-liang-hong","provider":"Working Class History | Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}