{"product_id":"9781966814191","title":"A Phoenix Man and Half a New Yorker: An Essay Collection, a Personal Growth Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWhat is a \"Phoenix Man\"?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSomeone who, having worked hard to escape rural life and move to the city, still carries memories and traits from their rural past.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWhat is a \"Half New Yorker\"?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSomeone who has lived in New York for many years but always maintains the distance and clear-sightedness of an outsider.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the essay collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"A Phoenix Man and a Half New Yorker,\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Ying Fan uses these two identity labels as a starting point for his writing, chronicling the life experiences of an ordinary Chinese person crossing urban-rural and cultural boundaries with humorous and warm prose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom his childhood in rural Northern Jiangsu to his student years at the University of Science and Technology of China;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the cultural disorientation upon first arriving in America to daily snippets on New York commuter trains;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the various amusing incidents during his parents' visit to America to the family warmth brought by the growth of his three children--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe author uses sincere self-deprecation and good-natured humor to write about the awkwardness, emotions, and warmth of living between different worlds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese writings are not ostentatious, yet they are full of the light of life; they are not deliberately profound, yet they leave a lasting aftertaste in their lighthearted narration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs one review put it, Ying Fan's essays carry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"understated humor, unrestrained self-mockery and introspection, and the enduring poetry of everyday life.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOverseas Chinese Writing Series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOneplus Publishing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Donation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51940928389351,"sku":"海外华人出版","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/3680\/9959\/files\/61HtwrDQQ-L._SY342.jpg?v=1775170528","url":"https:\/\/jfbooks.org\/zh-hans\/products\/9781966814191","provider":"JF Books | 季風書園","version":"1.0","type":"link"}