Undress me in the Temple of Heaven
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Publication
2009 - Grand Central Pub., New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
76,500 words, Guess
Page Count
306 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveundressmeintempl00gilm
- Internet Archiveundressmeintempl00susa_0
- Internet Archiveundressmeintempl0000gilm
- ISBN-100446578924
- ISBN-100446541257
and 9 more
- ISBN-139780446578929
- ISBN-139780446541251
- LibraryThing6760724
- Goodreads6387113', '4757303
- Library of Congress Control Number2008019490
- OCLC Control Number225870188
- Better World Books9780446541251
- Better World Books9780446578929
- Open LibraryOL16841910M
Classifications
- DDC915.104/58092
- LCCDS712 .G544 2009
- LCCDS712.G544 2009
Description
They were young, brilliant, and bold. They set out to conquer the world. But the world had other plans for them. Bestselling author Susan Jane Gilman's new memoir is a hilarious and harrowing journey, a modern heart of darkness filled with Communist operatives, backpackers, and pancakes. In 1986, fresh out of college, Gilman and her friend Claire yearned to do something daring and original that did not involve getting a job. Inspired by a place mat at the International House of Pancakes, they decided to embark on an ambitious trip around the globe, starting in the People's Republic of China . At that point, China had been open to independent travelers for roughly ten minutes. Armed only with the collected works of Nietzsche, an astrological love guide, and an arsenal of bravado, the two friends plunged into the dusty streets of Shanghai . Unsurprisingly, they quickly found themselves in over their heads. As they ventured off the map deep into Chinese territory, they were stripped of everything familiar and forced to confront their limitations amid culture shock and government surveillance. What began as a journey full of humor, eroticism, and enlightenment grew increasingly sinister-becoming a real-life international thriller that transformed them forever. Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven is a flat-out page-turner, an astonishing true story of hubris and redemption told with Gilman's trademark compassion, lyricism, and wit.
Description
"In her hardcover debut, bestselling author Susan Jane Gilman describes a very different kind of back-packing trip to China in which she and her college friend set out to conquer the world only to be conquered by it"--Provided by publisher.
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