{"product_id":"tun-huang-9781590173626","title":"Tun-Huang","description":"More than a thousand years ago, an extraordinary trove of early Buddhist sutras and other scriptures was secreted away in caves near the Silk Road city of Tun-huang. But who hid this magnificent treasure and why? In \u003ci\u003eTun-huang\u003c\/i\u003e, the great modern Japanese novelist Yasushi Inoue tells the story of Chao Hsing-te, a young Chinese man whose accidental failure to take the all-important exam that will qualify him as a high government official leads to a chance encounter that draws him farther and farther into the wild and contested lands west of the Chinese Empire. Here he finds love, distinguishes himself in battle, and ultimately devotes himself to the strange task of depositing the scrolls in the caves where, many centuries later, they will be rediscovered. A book of magically vivid scenes, fierce passions, and astonishing adventures, \u003ci\u003eTun-huang\u003c\/i\u003e is also a profound and stirring meditation on the mystery of history and the hidden presence of the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-166440\"\u003eYasushi Inoue\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.06w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590173626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1590173627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC002000\"\u003eAction \u0026amp; Adventure\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC051000\"\u003eCultural Heritage\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYasushi Inoue\u003c\/b\u003e (1907-1991) was born on Hokkaidō, Japan's northernmost island, the eldest child of an army medical officer. After a youth devoted to poetry and judo, Inoue sat, unsuccessfully, for the entrance exam to the Kyushu Imperial University Medical School. He would go on to study philosophy and literature at Kyoto Imperial University, writing his thesis on Paul Valéry. In 1935, newly married and with an infant daughter, Inoue became an arts reporter for the Osaka edition of the \u003ci\u003eMainichi News\u003c\/i\u003e. Following the Second World War, during which he briefly served in north China, he published two short novels, \u003ci\u003e The Hunting Gun\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bullfight (\u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the Akutagawa Prize for literature). In 1951 Inoue resigned from the newspaper and devoted himself to literature, becoming a best-selling and tremendously prolific author in multiple genres. Among his books translated into English are \u003ci\u003eThe Hunting Gun, The Roof Tile of Tempyō, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Wolf: A Novel of the Life of Chinggis Khan\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1976 the emperor of Japan presented Inoue with the Order of Culture, the highest honor granted for artistic merit in Japan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJean Oda Moy\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Washington State and spent her early years in Seattle, moving to Japan shortly before the outbreak of World War II. She is also the translator of Yasushi Inoue's \u003ci\u003eChronicle of My Mother and Shirobamba: A Childhood In Old Japan\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDamion Searls\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator from German, French, Norwegian, and Dutch and a writer in English. His own books include \u003ci\u003eWhat We Were Doing and Where We Were Going\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Inkblots\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Translation\u003c\/i\u003e. He received the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize in 2019 for Uwe Johnson's \u003ci\u003eAnniversaries\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44447435358445,"sku":"9781590173626","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_ca752ccf-ff8c-40f1-8869-4cdd471d8916.jpg?v=1700293565","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/tun-huang-9781590173626","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}