{"product_id":"middle-heart-book-bette-bao-lord-9780394534329","title":"The Middle Heart","description":"TRULY MOVING . . . BETE BAO LORD IS AT HER STRONGEST.\u003cbr\u003e--The Boston Globe \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1932, as China shamefully kowtows under Japanese occupation, three unlikely companions are fatefully bound by their steadfast patriotism: Steel Hope, heir to a once-great aristocracy; Mountain Pine, his crippled, scholarly servant; and Firecrackers, a poor gravekeeper's daughter. In a youthful pact, they call themselves Brothers of the Middle Heart, vowing to defend their country to the end. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet as war and, later, the Communist Revolution ignite, cruel circumstances separate them. One becomes a political leader, one a writer, one an actress. But despite incessant historical upheaval, their lives continue to intertwine in poignant, often tragic, ways. Enmeshed in a love triangle, they will live to see their loyalty to one another tested again and again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough these three richly drawn characters, Bette Bao Lord re-creates the stirring drama of twentieth-century China. In vivid, haunting prose she evokes the outrages that marred fifty years of the Chinese people's existence--and illuminates the remarkable resilience that defines them to this day.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49796445438225,"sku":"CIN0394534328G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50133057765649,"sku":"CIN0394534328VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0394534328.jpg?v=1751007271","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-ch\/products\/middle-heart-buch-bette-bao-lord-9780394534329","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}