{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Our Xi Xi Our City","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.ourxixiourcity.com\/en\/","title":"The Merry Building | Our Xi Xi Our City","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"fIxCn0OBJC\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourxixiourcity.com\/en\/3-texts-by-xixi\/the-merry-building\/\">The Merry Building<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourxixiourcity.com\/en\/3-texts-by-xixi\/the-merry-building\/embed\/#?secret=fIxCn0OBJC\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Merry Building&#8221; &#8212; Our Xi Xi Our City\" data-secret=\"fIxCn0OBJC\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.ourxixiourcity.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.ourxixiourcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/The-Merry-Building-Cover_XiXi.jpg","thumbnail_width":400,"thumbnail_height":600,"description":"Xi Xi has described her ground-breaking novels from the 1970s, My City and The Merry Building, as \u201ctwo ways of writing the same place.\u201d While My City draws on perspectives from flaneurs, the Merry Building is set in a 12-floor residential building. If the city\u2019s development is a product of imperialism, governed not only by colonizers but what Paul Virilio regards as the \u201crule of speed,\u201d then Xi Xi instead uses her technique of \u201cslowness\u201d to record the energy of the daily lives of everyday people..."}