{"product_id":"shanghailanders-paperback","title":"Shanghailanders - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJuli Min\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction * \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003e100 Must-Read Books of 2024 * \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A thrilling, futuristic family drama that captures the joys, disappointments, and inside jokes of one Shanghai family in reverse chronological order. . . . By giving readers the gift of hindsight, Min shows how one enigmatic family falls apart and comes back together over several decades.\"--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom a wise observer \"of the ever-complicated matters of the heart\" (Kirstin Chen) comes an unforgettable debut novel about a changing family in a changing world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo the outside world, Leo and Eko Yang and their three charming daughters seem to have it all--wealth, beauty, and brains to match. They live in the privileged world of international Shanghai while jet-setting to their secondary homes in France, Japan, and the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Leo and Eko are at a crossroads. Their daughters are almost grown. Leo is nearing the end of a wildly successful career in Shanghai real estate, while Eko's reach as an artist is only growing. After twenty-five years, what are the bonds keeping them together? What are the foundations of a family? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning in the year 2040 and moving backward through the present to 2014, \u003ci\u003eShanghailanders\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers into the world of each of the Yangs, as well as the people in their orbit--a nanny from the provinces, a private driver with a penchant for danger, and a grandmother whose memories of the past echo the present. Along the way, Juli Min shows how a family makes and remakes itself over the years: what unites us and slowly drives us apart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGorgeously written and brilliantly constructed, \u003ci\u003eShanghailanders\u003c\/i\u003e is the introduction of a major new literary talent.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuli Min\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and editor based in Shanghai. She studied Russian and comparative literature at Harvard University and holds an MFA in fiction from Warren Wilson. She was the founding editor of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eShanghai Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e and served as its fiction editor from 2016 to 2023. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378887454822,"sku":"9781954118768","price":26.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/LaGeTopxZh9781954118768.webp?v=1768912589","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/shanghailanders-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}