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My husband and I had two children and lost them both: Vincent in 2017, at sixteen, James in 2024, at nineteen. Both chose suicide, and both died not far from home.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is no good way to say this―because words fall short. It takes only an instant for death to become fact, “a single point in a timeline.” Living now on this single point, Li turns to thinking and reasoning and searching for words that might hold a place for James. Li does what she can: “doing the things that work,” including not just writing but gardening, reading Camus and Wittgenstein, learning the piano, and living thinkingly alongside death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book for James, but it is not a book about grieving or mourning. As Li writes, “The verb that does not die is to be. Vincent was and is and will always be Vincent. James was and is and will always be James. We were and are and will always be their parents. 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When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCan powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51072504332519,"sku":"Harper Voyager","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/3680\/9959\/files\/91sU6Iw-0BL._SL1500.jpg?v=1758831290"},{"product_id":"9780300246759","title":"Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (Veritas Paperbacks)","description":"","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51072504561895,"sku":"Yale University Press","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"9780312424930","title":"Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History (New Edition)","description":"","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51072504627431,"sku":"Picador","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"9780593300251","title":"Time Is a Mother","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"Take your time with these poems, and return to them often.” —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebestselling collection of poems from the award-winning writer Ocean Vuong\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHow else do we return to ourselves but to fold\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe page so it points to the good part\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of personal and social loss, embodying the paradox of sitting in grief while being determined to survive beyond it. Shifting through memory, and in concert with the themes of his novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOn Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Vuong contends with the meaning of family and the cost of being the product of an American war in America. At once vivid, brave, and propulsive, these poems circle fragmented lives to find both restoration as well as the epicenter of the break.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51072504824039,"sku":"Penguin Books","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/3680\/9959\/files\/81V4huIl7iL._SL1500.jpg?v=1755202320"},{"product_id":"9780735224407","title":"Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Economics and the authors of the international bestseller\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWhy Nations Fail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Why is it so difficult to develop and sustain liberal democracy? The best recent work on this subject comes from a remarkable pair of scholars, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. In their latest book,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Narrow Corridor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, they have answered this question with great insight.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFareed Zakaria,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhy Nations Fail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson argued that countries rise and fall based not on culture, geography, or chance, but on the power of their institutions. In their new book, they build a new theory about liberty and how to achieve it, drawing a wealth of evidence from both current affairs and disparate threads of world history.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiberty is hardly the \"natural\" order of things. In most places and at most times, the strong have dominated the weak and human freedom has been quashed by force or by customs and norms. Either states have been too weak to protect individuals from these threats, or states have been too strong for people to protect themselves from despotism. Liberty emerges only when a delicate and precarious balance is struck between state and society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is a Western myth that political liberty is a durable construct, arrived at by a process of \"enlightenment.\" This static view is a fantasy, the authors argue. In reality, the corridor to liberty is narrow and stays open only via a fundamental and incessant struggle between state and society: The authors look to the American Civil Rights Movement, Europe’s early and recent history, the Zapotec civilization circa 500 BCE, and Lagos’s efforts to uproot corruption and institute government accountability to illustrate what it takes to get and stay in the corridor. But they also examine Chinese imperial history, colonialism in the Pacific, India’s caste system, Saudi Arabia’s suffocating cage of norms, and the “Paper Leviathan” of many Latin American and African nations to show how countries can drift away from it, and explain the feedback loops that make liberty harder to achieve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday we are in the midst of a time of wrenching destabilization. We need liberty more than ever, and yet the corridor to liberty is becoming narrower and more treacherous. The danger on the horizon is not \"just\" the loss of our political freedom, however grim that is in itself; it is also the disintegration of the prosperity and safety that critically depend on liberty. The opposite of the corridor of liberty is the road to ruin.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51072504987879,"sku":"Staff Picks \u0026 Surprises","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/3680\/9959\/files\/81EmopobrDL._AC_UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1762362871"},{"product_id":"9781250082244","title":"Silence: A Novel (Picador Classics)","description":"","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51072505151719,"sku":"Picador Modern Classics","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"9781250893543","title":"Bliss Montage","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA National Indie Bestseller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Story Prize, and a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWindham-Campbell Literature Prize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA Best Book of the Year at\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eVogue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, Roxane Gay’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Audacity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMashable\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePolygon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEditor’s Choice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Uncanny and haunting . . . Genius.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―Michele Filgate,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Dazzling.”\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e―Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat happens when fantasy tears the screen of the everyday to wake us up? Could that waking be our end?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBliss Montage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Ling Ma brings us eight wildly different tales of people making their way through the madness and reality of our collective delusions: love and loneliness, connection and possession, friendship, motherhood, the idea of home. A woman lives in a house with all her ex-boyfriends. A toxic friendship grows up around a drug that makes you invisible. An ancient ritual might heal you of anything―if you bury yourself alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese and other scenarios investigate the ways that the outlandish and the ordinary are shockingly, deceptively, heartbreakingly alike.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51072505217255,"sku":"Staff Picks \u0026 Surprises","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/3680\/9959\/files\/812qPy04j-L._SL1500.jpg?v=1756072010"},{"product_id":"9781324064824","title":"The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida","description":"","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51072507936999,"sku":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"9781324078920","title":"Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History","description":"","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51072507969767,"sku":"W. W. Norton  \u0026 Company","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"9781541675643","title":"Gates of Europe","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"An exemplary account of Europe's least-known large country\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e) by an award-winning historian.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUkraine is currently embroiled in a tense fight with Russia to preserve its territorial integrity and political independence. But today's conflict is only the latest in a long history of battles over Ukraine's territory and its existence as a sovereign nation. As the award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy argues in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Gates of Europe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, we must examine Ukraine's past in order to understand its present and future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSituated between Central Europe, Russia, and the Middle East, Ukraine was shaped by the empires that used it as a strategic gateway between East and West—from the Roman and Ottoman empires to the Third Reich and the Soviet Union. For centuries, Ukraine has been a meeting place of various cultures. The mixing of sedentary and nomadic peoples and Christianity and Islam on the steppe borderland produced the class of ferocious warriors known as the Cossacks, for example, while the encounter between the Catholic and Orthodox churches created a religious tradition that bridges Western and Eastern Christianity. Ukraine has also been a home to millions of Jews, serving as the birthplace of Hassidism—and as one of the killing fields of the Holocaust.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlokhy examines the history of Ukraine's search for its identity through the lives of the major figures in Ukrainian history: Prince Yaroslav the Wise of Kyiv, whose daughter Anna became queen of France; the Cossack ruler Ivan Mazepa, who was immortalized in the poems of Byron and Pushkin; Nikita Khrushchev and his protege-turned-nemesis Leonid Brezhnev, who called Ukraine their home; and the heroes of the Maidan protests of 2013 and 2014, who embody the current struggle over Ukraine's future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Plokhy explains, today's crisis is a tragic case of history repeating itself, as Ukraine once again finds itself in the center of the battle of global proportions. An authoritative history of this vital country, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Gates of Europe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e provides a unique insight into the origins of the most dangerous international crisis since the end of the Cold War.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51072508035303,"sku":"Basic Books","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/3680\/9959\/files\/812JAY5J35L._SL1500.jpg?v=1779291509"},{"product_id":"9788439745549","title":"Actos Humanos \/ Human Acts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePREMIO NOBEL DE LITERATURA 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e«Hay que leer la tremenda Actos humanos [...] Una mirada casi imperturbable hacia el horror, la sangre y la crueldad desplegada institucionalmente».\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eElena Hevia, El Periódico\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMayo de 1980\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. La ciudad de Gwangju se moviliza contra la dictadura militar de Chun Doo-hwan, que hace unos meses tomó el poder en Corea del Sur. La oposición civil, liderada por los estudiantes universitarios, se subleva a favor de la democracia, pero el ejército reprime cruelmente las protestas disparando indiscriminadamente a la multitud, sin hacer distinciones entre estudiantes y civiles.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTras la sanguinaria matanza, un joven busca el cadáver de un amigo, un alma intenta aferrarse a su cuerpo abandonado y a sus recuerdos, y un país brutalizado busca su voz. En esta novela polifónica, las víctimas y los supervivientes que los lloran se enfrentan a la censura, a la negación, al perdón, a la culpa y a la memoria de un episodio traumático que sigue resonando en nuestros días.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHan Kang, galardonada con el premio Nobel de Literatura «por su intensa prosa poética que confronta los traumas históricos y expone la fragilidad de la vida humana», homenajea a las víctimas de la masacre de su ciudad natal a través de las voces de los mártires de la dictadura surcoreana. Actos humanos es una novela brutal, profundamente atemporal y universal que nos habla de las heridas colectivas, la represión y la violencia humana.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“[Han Kang’s] intense poetic prose . . . confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”—The Nobel Committee for Literature, in the citation for the Nobel Prize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian presents a “rare and astonishing” (The Observer) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Compulsively readable, universally relevant, and deeply resonant . . . in equal parts beautiful and urgent.”—The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eShortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award • One of the Best Books of the Year: The Atlantic, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, HuffPost, Medium, Library Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmid a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story of this tragic episode unfolds in a sequence of interconnected chapters as the victims and the bereaved encounter suppression, denial, and the echoing agony of the massacre. From Dong-ho’s best friend who meets his own fateful end; to an editor struggling against censorship; to a prisoner and a factory worker, each suffering from traumatic memories; and to Dong-ho's own grief-stricken mother; and through their collective heartbreak and acts of hope is the tale of a brutalized people in search of a voice. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn award-winning, controversial bestseller, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHuman Acts\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a timeless, pointillist portrait of an historic event with reverberations still being felt today, by turns tracing the harsh reality of oppression and the resounding, extraordinary poetry of humanity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51072508428519,"sku":"Literatura Random House","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/3680\/9959\/files\/618sKxpHV1L._SY522.jpg?v=1755202294"},{"product_id":"9780231215015","title":"Running Flame","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e“She knew that if she didn’t say her piece, that flame would never be extinguished; even after death, it would continue raging.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Running Flame\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e opens with its protagonist in prison awaiting execution, desperate to give an account of her life. Yingzhi, a girl from the countryside, sees opportunity in the liberal trends sweeping across China. After high school, she joins a song-and-dance troupe, which allows her to travel and opens her eyes to new people and places. But an unplanned pregnancy brings an abrupt end to all her youthful dreams. Trapped in a bad marriage, Yingzhi is driven to desperate measures—and eventually a shocking act of violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFang Fang’s explosive short novel inspired widespread social debate in China upon its publication in 2001. In exploring the difficulties of one woman shackled by patriarchal tradition against the backdrop of radical social change, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Running Flame\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bears witness to widespread experiences of gendered violence and inequality. Fang Fang evocatively captures both the heady feeling of possibility in China’s roaring 1990s and its dark underside, as economic reform unleashed social dislocation in towns and villages. The novel draws loosely from interviews the author conducted with female death row inmates in a Chinese prison. 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Eliot Prize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTop 10 Book of 2016\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"There is a powerful emotional undertow to these poems that springs from Mr. Vuong's sincerity and candor, and from his ability to capture specific moments in time with both photographic clarity and a sense of the evanescence of all earthly things.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e--Michiko Kakutani, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e 2016 Best Books of the Year\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWINNER, 2016 Whiting Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWINNER, 2017 Publishing Triangle's Thom Gunn Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFINALIST, 2017 Kate Tufts Discovery Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFINALIST, 2017 Lambda Literary Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn his haunting and fearless debut, Ocean Vuong walks a tightrope of historic and personal violences, creating an interrogation of the American body as a borderless space of both failure and triumph. At once vulnerable and redemptive, dreamlike and visceral, compassionate and unforgiving, these poems seek a myriad existence without forgetting the prerequisite of self-preservation in a world bent on extinguishing its othered voices. Vuong's poems show, through breath, cadence, and unrepentant enthrallment, that a gentle palm on a chest can calm the most necessary of hungers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Ocean Vuong:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReading Vuong is like watching a fish move: he manages the varied currents of English with muscled intuition....His lines are both long and short, his pose narrative and lyric, his diction formal and insouciant. 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