{"product_id":"when-im-gone-look-for-me-in-the-east-paperback","title":"When I'm Gone, Look for Me in the East - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eQuan Barry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eWe Ride Upon Sticks\u003c\/i\u003e comes a luminous novel that moves across a windswept Mongolia, as estranged twin brothers make a journey of duty, conflict, and renewed understanding.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A dazzling achievement...The rhythms are more like prayer than prose, and the puzzlelike plot yields revelations.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTasked with finding the reincarnation of a great lama--a spiritual teacher who may have been born anywhere in the vast Mongolian landscape--the young monk Chuluun sets out with his identical twin, Mun, who has rejected the monastic life they once shared. Their relationship will be tested on this journey through their homeland as each possesses the ability to hear the other's thoughts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProving once again that she is a writer of immense range and imagination, Quan Barry carries us across a terrain as unforgiving as it is beautiful and culturally varied, from the western Altai mountains to the eerie starkness of the Gobi Desert to the ancient capital of Chinggis Khaan. As their country stretches before them, questions of faith--along with more earthly matters of love and brotherhood--haunt the twins. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAre our lives our own, or do we belong to something larger? \u003ci\u003eWhen I'm Gone, Look for Me in the East\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunningly far-flung examination of our individual struggle to retain our convictions and discover meaning in a fast-changing world, as well as a meditation on accepting what simply is.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Saigon and raised in Massachusetts, \u003cb\u003eQUAN BARRY\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eShe Weeps Each Time You're Born \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWe Ride Upon Sticks\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the 2020 ALA Alex Award) and four books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eWater Puppets\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the AWP Donald Hall Prize for Poetry and a PEN Open Book finalist). Barry's first play, \u003ci\u003eThe Mytilenean Debate, \u003c\/i\u003e premieres in the spring of 2022. She is the Lorraine Hansberry Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51966998839597,"sku":"9780525565444","price":18.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/NFZ2ZmF3QVdHSVRsRDdWMjMrRmpCZz09.webp?v=1775543993","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/when-im-gone-look-for-me-in-the-east-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}