{"product_id":"9780060782771","title":"The People's Republic of Desire : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe People's Republic of Desire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Annie Wang\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn uncensored, eye-opening, and laugh-out-loud funny portrait of modern China as seen through the lives and loves of four professional women in contemporary Beijing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivorce, oral sex, plastic surgery. Indulging in a Starbucks coffee, admitting to the emotional repercussions of a one-night stand, giggling over watching pornography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese once taboo subjects have become the substance of daily conversations and practices among urban women in contemporary Beijing. It seems that no one remembers what happened at Tiananmen Square in 1989.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cross between \u003cem\u003eSex and the City\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Joy Luck Club\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe People's Republic of Desire\u003c\/em\u003e follows four sassy gals as they preen and pounce among Beijing's Westernized professional class, exultantly obsessed with brand names, celebrity, and sex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Annie Wang’s second novel written in English…is interesting, amusing and pertinent…a thoroughly Modern Millie, Beijing –style.”\u003cbr\u003e“A charming collection of modern fables of a world where modernity has arrived with a bang.”\u003cbr\u003e“[A] fascinating novel...Wang observes gender politics among the nouveau riche in careful, reportorial prose.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780060782771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41056981188814,"sku":"9780060782771","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780060782771.jpg?v=1648263555","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780060782771","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}