{"product_id":"9780061436925_rickshaw-boy","title":"Rickshaw Boy","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautiful new translation of beloved Chinese author Lao She's masterpiece of social realism, about the misadventures of a poor Beijing rickshaw driver\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in China in 1937, \u003cem\u003eRickshaw Boy\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of Xiangzi, an honest and serious country boy who works as a rickshaw puller in Beijing. A man of simple needs whose greatest ambition is to one day own his own rickshaw, Xiangzi is nonetheless thwarted, time and again, in his attempts to improve his lot in life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most important and popular works of twentieth-century Chinese literature, \u003cem\u003eRickshaw Boy\u003c\/em\u003e is an unflinchingly honest, darkly comic look at a life on the margins of society and a searing indictment of the philosophy of individualism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"She Lao","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46896035627157,"sku":"9780061436925","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780061436925.jpg?v=1776888481","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780061436925_rickshaw-boy","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}