{"product_id":"soul-mountain-9780060936235","title":"Soul Mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gao Xingjian\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1983, Chinese playwright, critic, fiction writer, and painter Gao Xingjian was diagnosed with lung cancer and faced imminent death.But six weeks later, a second examination revealed there was no cancer--he had won \"a second reprieve from death.\" Faced with a repressive cultural environment and the threat of a spell in a prison farm, Gao fled Beijing and began a journey of 15,000 kilometers into the remote mountains and ancient forests of Sichuan in southwest China. The result of this epic voyage of discovery is \u003cem\u003eSoul Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBold, lyrical, and prodigious, \u003cem\u003eSoul Moutain\u003c\/em\u003e probes the human soul with an uncommon directness and candor and delights in the freedom of the imagination to expand the notion of the individual self.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45355425693847,"sku":"9780060936235","price":1442.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780060936235.webp?v=1767308829","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/soul-mountain-9780060936235","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}