{"product_id":"the-crazed-vintage-intl","title":"The Crazed (Vintage Intl)","description":"A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWashington Post, Los Angeles times, and San Jose Mercury News\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHa Jin's seismically powerful new novel is at once an unblinking look into the bell jar of communist Chinese society and a portrait of the eternal compromises and deceptions of the human state. When the venerable professor Yang, a teacher of literature at a provincial university, has a stroke, his student Jian Wan is assigned to care for him. Since the dutiful Jian plans to marry his mentor's beautiful, icy daughter, the job requires delicacy. Just how much delicacy becomes clear when Yang begins to rave. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAre these just the outpourings of a broken mind, or is Yang speaking the truth--about his family, his colleagues, and his life's work? And will bearing witness to the truth end up breaking poor Jian's heart? Combining warmth and intimacy with an unsparing social vision, \u003cb\u003eThe Crazed\u003c\/b\u003e is Ha Jin's most enthralling book to date.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51947330896103,"sku":"9780375714115","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_789c983c-faad-4613-98e1-e3135b91c45a.jpg?v=1775487088","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-crazed-vintage-intl","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}