{"product_id":"fact-in-fiction-2","title":"Fact in Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistorical novels can be windows into other cultures and eras, but it's not always clear what's fact and what's fiction. Thousands have read Ba Jin's influential novel \u003ci\u003eFamily\u003c\/i\u003e, but few realize how much he shaped his depiction of 1920s China to suit his story and his politics. In \u003ci\u003eFact in Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, Kristin Stapleton puts Ba Jin's bestseller into full historical context, both to illustrate how it successfully portrays human experiences during the 1920s and to reveal its historical distortions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStapleton's attention to historical evidence and clear prose that directly addresses themes and characters from \u003ci\u003eFamily\u003c\/i\u003e create a book that scholars, students, and general readers will enjoy. She focuses on Chengdu, China, Ba Jin's birthplace and the setting for \u003ci\u003eFamily\u003c\/i\u003e, which was also a cultural and political center of western China. The city's richly preserved archives allow Stapleton to create an intimate portrait of a city that seemed far from the center of national politics of the day but clearly felt the forces of—and contributed to—the turbulent stream of Chinese history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Kristin Stapleton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43572215480502,"sku":"9780804799737","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780804799737_abc919b0-997e-4a74-8437-be0fcb0cc57e.jpg?v=1727355300","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/fact-in-fiction-2","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}