| Tun-Huang Contributor(s): Inoue, Yasushi (Author), Moy, Jean Oda (Translator), Searls, Damion (Preface by) |
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ISBN: 1590173627 ISBN-13: 9781590173626 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: 895.635 |
| LCCN: 2010022569 |
| Series: New York Review Books Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.06" W x 7.99" (0.53 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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 Tun-huang, 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, Tun-huang is also a profound and stirring meditation on the mystery of history and the hidden presence of the past. |