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Bantam. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! (more information)

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A nice ex-library copy. Gently used. All pages and cover clear except for a few library markings. Mylar over dustjacket. Binding is a little loose. Some pages have some moisture wrinkling. No creases. (more information)

Offered by Once Sold Tales (United States)

NY: Bantam Books, 2000. 293 pp. Illus. with B&W plates, map endpapers. Light wear, small water-stain along top edge. Binding tight, text clean.. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Bantam. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket; Book has lightly bumped corners, . slight cock to spine, writing on title page. Dust jacket is Intact and . bright, lightly bumped corners, light edge wear; otherwise fine.. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0553106503 . Photographs; 1.19 x 9.57 x 6.47 Inches; They are the most unlikely of friends: one an American poet in love with words, a self-described ne'er-do-well and sensualist with a finely honed suspicion of authority. The other an aging Chinese monk steeped in an ancient tradition and devoted to the memory of his ascetic meditation master. Their lives come together in this extraordinary journey that takes us from the still-medieval villages of Inner Mongolia to a modern Hong Kong of black magic and stunning materialism.<br><br>The journey begins in 1959, as a young monk named Tsung Tsai (<i>Ancestor Wisdom</i>) escapes the Red Army troops that destroy his monastery, and flees alone three thousand miles across a China swept by chaos and famine. Hidden under his peasant jacket he carries a book of poetry and his monk's certificate, either of which means death if discovered. His mission: to carry on the teachings of his Ch'an Buddhist master, Shiuh Deng, who was too old to leave with his disciple.<br><br>Nearly forty years later Tsung Tsai--now an old master himself--travels with his skeptical friend Crane back to his birthplace at the edge of the Gobi Desert. China is stirring with spiritual renewal, and Tsung Tsai is determined to find Shiuh Deng's grave and build a shrine in his honor. Ignoring visa restrictions, facing down hostile bureaucrats, the two men reenter a lost world of belief and superstition nearly extinguished by history. As their search culminates in a torturous climb to a remote mountain cave, it becomes clear that this seemingly quixotic quest may cost Tsung Tsai's life.<br><br>Laced with passion and humor, Crane's vivid prose captures it all: foxy town girls and outback shamans, ice-cold morning meditations and drunken feasts, sand-scoured wilderness and gold-clad Buddhas. Finally, as past and present come together we glimpse the power of a timeless faith to endure in the heart of suffering.<br><br><br><br>The journey begins in 1959, as a young monk named Tsung Tsai (Ancestor Wisdom) escapes the Red Army troops who destroy his monastery, and flees alone across a famine-wracked China carrying a book of poetry and his monk's certificate, either of which means death if discovered.  His mission: to carry on the teachings of his Ch'an Buddhist master, Shuih Deng, who was too old to leave with his disciple.<br><br>Nearly forty years later, Tsung Tsai, now an old master himself, travels with his skeptical American friend, Crane, back to his birthplace at the edge of the Gobi Desert, determined to find Shuih Deng's bones and rebury them with the proper ceremony.  As their search culminates in a torturous climb to a remote mountain cave--a climb that nearly kills Tsung Tsai--Crane's vivid and poetic prose captures both the paradoxes of modern China and the power of China's lost spiritual traditions. --> . (more information)

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New York: Bantam Books, 2000 Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (25.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Endpaper maps of Tsung Tsai's escape route. Dust Jacket praise from Robert Bly. From the Publisher: "In 1959 a young monk named Tsung Tsai (Ancestor Wisdom) escapes the Red Army troops that destroy his monastery, and flees alone three thousand miles across a China swept by chaos and famine. Knowing his fellow monks are dead, himself starving and hunted, he is sustained by his mission: to carry on the teachings of his Buddhist meditation master, who was too old to leave with his disciple. Nearly forty years later Tsung Tsai - now an old master himself - persuades his American neighbor, maverick poet George Crane, to travel with him back to his birthplace at the edge of the Gobi Desert. They are unlikely companions. Crane seeks freedom, adventure, sensation. Tsung Tsai is determined to find his master's grave and plant the seeds of a spiritual renewal in China. As their search culminates in a torturous climb to a remote mountain cave, it becomes clear that this seemingly quixotic quest may cost both men's lives." First Printing of the First Edition . Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. (viii), 296pp + 16 pages of photos.. (more information)

Offered by About Books (United States)

Bantam, 2000-02-29. Hardcover. Like New. 1st printing (Full 10 number line). New book. Free deliver confirmation! Shipping within 24 hours! Satisfaction guaranteed! (more information)

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