{"title":"Wang Ping","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"american-visa","title":"American Visa","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #9a6372;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStories by Wang Ping\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eSeptember 1, 1994 • 5.5 x 8.5 • 172 pages • 978-1-56689-025-0\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan class=\"contentFont\"\u003eSeaweed's story, from Maoist China to her New York emigration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In this first collection of 11 linked stories, the intimate drama of one traditional Chinese family plays against the larger backdrop of the Cultural Revolution. Wang’s determined, intelligent heroine, Seaweed, is the eldest daughter of a naval officer and a schoolteacher living near Shanghai. The family drudge at home, Seaweed’s hardships continue in a rural village where she undergoes ‘re-education’ by peasants as a prerequisite for college. Years later, after emigrating to New York, she tries to send for her sisters, to get them American visas. ‘The Story of Ju’ is a gripping, longer tale of how Seaweed’s promising student hangs herself rather than submit to a marriage arranged by her abusive stepfather. ‘Song of Four Seasons’ is a generous-spirited story of a mother and daughter revising their opinions of one another after many years. Although these are universal themes of sibling rivalry, mother-daughter conflict and love, the dilemma of an intelligent woman with limited opportunities, matchmaking, adultery, bodily shame, they are also distinctively Chinese, drawing on Chinese legends, language and customs. Wang, who holds degrees from both Chinese and American universities, writes simply in a conversational English that is remarkably effective whether she is writing about life in China or in New York.” \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWang Ping was born in Shanghai and grew up on a small island in the East China Sea. After three years spent farming in a mountain village commune, she attended Beijing University. In 1985 she left China to study in the United States, earning her PhD from New York University. She is the acclaimed author of the short story collection \u003cem\u003eAmerican Visa,\u003c\/em\u003e the novel \u003cem\u003eForeign Devil,\u003c\/em\u003e two poetry collections: \u003cem\u003eOf Flesh \u0026amp; Spirit\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Magic Whip,\u003c\/em\u003e and the cultural study \u003cem\u003eAching for Beauty: Footbinding in China.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text\"\u003e“Wang uses the first-person voice of a young woman named Seaweed to tell of the depredations of the People’s Revolution. . . . She has mastered a conversational tone that seems graceful and effortless.\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Kirkus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In these moving, heartrending stories, told with amazing honesty, Wang Ping has captured the immigrant Chinese experience. Seaweed’s journey from the emotional and intellectual wasteland of China during the Cultural Revolution to the anonymity and despair of New York is truly memorable. Wang takes her character’s dreams and delusions and renders them with warmth and humor.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Marry Morris\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003eAmerican Visa\u003c\/em\u003e is an astonishing piece of writing. Its direct unsentimental prose offers a portrait of Chinese family life and what is means to be a woman in China. As Seaweed moves from home, to a peasant village, to New York, we are moved by this record of suffering and persistence, of the desperate desire to move beyond the family and yet remain within it.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Colin MacCabe,\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThe British Film Institute\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CHPbeta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43707406286,"sku":"","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1475\/9808\/products\/American_Visa.jpg?v=1511892057"},{"product_id":"of-flesh-spirit","title":"Of Flesh \u0026 Spirit","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #9a6372;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoetry by Wang Ping\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eApril 1, 1998 • 6 x 9 • 104 pages • 978-1-56689-068-7\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eLife interpreted, written, and emulated in the style of the Tao, spiced with experiences of NYC.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is Ping’s first collection of poetry, in which she explores themes of culture, gender, sexuality, and identity. The collection adopts a very personal tone to explore internal struggles—the devils and angels—and highlights moments of ecstasy throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWang Ping was born in Shanghai and grew up on a small island in the East China Sea. After three years of farming in a mountain village, she attended Beijing University. In 1985 she left China to study in the U.S., earning her Ph.D. from New York University. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer books include two collections of poetry, \u003cem\u003eThe Magic Whip\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOf Flesh \u0026amp; Spirit,\u003c\/em\u003e the cultural study \u003cem\u003eAching for Beauty: Footbinding in China,\u003c\/em\u003e the novel \u003cem\u003eForeign Devil,\u003c\/em\u003e two collections of fiction stories entitled \u003cem\u003eAmerican Visa\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Last Communist Virgin,\u003c\/em\u003e and a book of Chinese folk lore, \u003cem\u003eThe Dragon Emperor.\u003c\/em\u003e Wang is also the editor and co-translator of the anthology \u003cem\u003eNew Generation: Poetry from China Today\u003c\/em\u003e and co-translator of \u003cem\u003eFlames\u003c\/em\u003e by Xue Di.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Last Communist Virgin\u003c\/em\u003e was winner of the 2008 Minnesota Book Awards in the category of Novel \u0026amp; Short Story and the 2007 Book Award from the Association for Asian American Studies in the category of Poetry\/Prose. \u003cem\u003eThe Magic Whip\u003c\/em\u003e was a 2004 finalist for the Minnesota Book Award and received an honorable mention from the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award, and \u003cem\u003eAching for Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e was a 2001 Minnesota Book Award finalist and winner of the University of Colorado’s Eugene M. 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She explodes the safe boundaries of culture, gender, and female sexuality. 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As the characters struggle to find their way, a young girl discovers love amidst a sea of angry Red Guards, émigrés navigate New York’s relentless rat race, and an old man returns to a Beijing he doesn’t recognize on a mission to restore his son-in-law’s flagging honor. In the heartrending finale, the origins of humanity and its reckless dash toward an apocalyptic future are distilled into a love story with far-reaching implications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWang Ping was born in Shanghai and grew up on a small island in the East China Sea. After three years of farming in a mountain village, she attended Beijing University. 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