{"product_id":"the-years-months-days","title":"The Years, Months, Days","description":"A luminous and deeply moving tale of hunger, loss and life by one of China's most renowned contemporary writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Years, Months, Days\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound and moving fable about the deep love between an old man and his blind dog trying to survive in a terrible drought - there is no food, the villagers have left, but the old man has managed to nurture a corn seed that has germinated on a mountain top. He is devoted to this seedling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe old man weighs the rays of the sun, working out the arithmetic of starvation and survival. Finally he realises that for his plant to survive, one of them has to be fertiliser. He loses the coin toss, lies in a grave he has dug and asks the dog to bury him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRich on so many levels, and not without its flashes of characteristic Yan Lianke humour, this cosmic tale will bring tears to readers' eyes. \u003ci\u003eThe Years, Months, Days\u003c\/i\u003e is compulsory reading for many Chinese children - and adults.","brand":"Yan Lianke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516780970045,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781925603125.jpg?v=1787572807","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/the-years-months-days","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}