{"product_id":"heart-sutra-paperback","title":"Heart Sutra - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYan Lianke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCarlos Rojas\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"China's foremost literary satirist\" (\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e) comes a captivating new novel set at a religious training center in Beijing, focusing on the unlikely love story of a Buddhist nun and a Daoist priest\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the Religious Training Center on the campus of Beijing's National Politics University, disciples of China's five main religions--Buddhism, Daoism, Protestantism, Catholicism, and Islam--gather for a year of intensive study and training. In this hallowed yet jovial atmosphere, the institute's two youngest disciples--Yahui, a Buddhist jade nun, and Gu Mingzheng, a Daoist master--fall into a fast friendship that might bloom into something more.This year, however, the worldly Director Gong has an exciting new plan: he has organized tug-of-war competitions between the religions. The fervor of competition offers excitement for the disciples, as well as a lucrative source of fundraising, but Yahui looks on the games with distrust: her beloved mentor collapsed after witnessing one of these competitions. Gu Mingzheng, meanwhile, has his own mission at the institute, centering on his search for his unknown father. Soon it becomes clear that corruption is seeping ever more deeply into the foundation of the institute under Director Gong's watch, and Yahui and Gu Mingzheng will be forced to ask themselves whether it is better to stay committed to an increasingly fraught faith or to return to secular life forever--and nothing less than the fate of the gods itself is at stake.Illustrated throughout with beautiful original papercuts, animated by Yan Lianke's characteristically incisive sense of humor, \u003ci\u003eHeart Sutra\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning and timely novel that highlights the best and worst in mankind and interrogates the costs of division.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYAN LIANKE \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eThree Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e and numerous novels and novellas, including \u003ci\u003eHard Like Water\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Day the Sun Died\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Explosion Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Four Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLenin's Kisses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eServe the People!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDream of Ding Village\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Years, Months, Days\u003c\/i\u003e. Among many accolades, he was awarded the Newman Prize for Chinese Literature and the Franz Kafka Prize. He was twice a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize, and he has been shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, the Man Asian Literary Prize, and the Prix Femina Étranger. He has also received two of China's most prestigious literary honors, the Lu Xun Prize and the Lao She Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.26 x 8.19 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749154521376,"sku":"9780802162748","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3b49d96220b9fe0fd5ab8ca331aeb5a5.webp?v=1779924859","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/heart-sutra-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}