{"product_id":"stone-of-madness-english-chinese-edition-benjamin-labatut-on-reason-madness-the-fiction-that-became-real","title":"Stone of Madness (English-Chinese Edition): Benjamin Labatut on Reason, Madness \u0026 the Fiction That Became Real","description":"\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/0087\/4574\/files\/65ec43868ae71c217dc5e9b643c4f53c76afe265e02d54fad26162605e9e67df.jpg?v=1793438105\"\u003eThe author, Benjamín Labatut, wrote\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eWhen We Cease to Understand the World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e— a book that stunned readers and critics worldwide, was longlisted for the International Booker Prize, and was named a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTop 10 Book of the Year.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Stone of Madness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Labatut’s next short, sharp strike. The Chinese section runs only a few dozen pages, but it carries two incredibly dense pieces. One starts from Lovecraft’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Call of Cthulhu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Philip K. Dick’s “multiple realities,” asking why the absurd imaginings of science fiction are becoming real in the age of AI. The other takes a small painting by Hieronymus Bosch and drives at an old, dangerous question: could the people we call “mad” actually be closer to some kind of truth than the “sane” rest of us?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThis edition is laid out bilingually — Chinese on one side, English on the other — so you can read both without losing the original tone to translation. Translator Geng Hui’s Chinese rendering is clean and precise, keeping Labatut’s cold, unsettling, impossible-to-put-down cadence intact.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-weight: 600;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eWho it’s for:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eReaders who finished\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eWhen We Cease to Understand the World\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand want more Labatut\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAnyone drawn to the crossroads of philosophy, science, and literature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eChinese or English learners who want a short but intellectually serious bilingual text to read side by side\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePeople who like thin books — but not shallow ones\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/0087\/4574\/files\/49781cec4a8d3aa503e31f6887618360f71f4260efafdaca4e13cdf0cdb539eb.jpg?v=1793438110\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/0087\/4574\/files\/8f9826187f4f3e57476b5df269cb0d02fe0120f308f956666150218d876459a2.jpg?v=1793438114\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/0087\/4574\/files\/33c2a98055cbe6f3936d7422d757b75890b5fafeb2c21d9b83260dabe56a6fd9.jpg?v=1793438119\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"orientalbookworm","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61462403318094,"sku":"978-7-02-019550-3-1712189-0-0-0-0-0-0","price":19.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/0087\/4574\/files\/56f4074f632a587b5b13319b460c1380e81070f603b40b1541883a36af8d83d8.jpg?v=1793416646","url":"https:\/\/orientalbookworm.com\/products\/stone-of-madness-english-chinese-edition-benjamin-labatut-on-reason-madness-the-fiction-that-became-real","provider":"orientalbookworm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}