{"title":"Mark Salzman","description":"Mark Salzman is the author of Iron \u0026amp; Silk, an account of his two years in China; Lost in Place, a memoir; and the novels The Laughing Sutra, The Soloist, and Lying Awake.","products":[{"product_id":"the-laughing-sutra-paperback","title":"The Laughing Sutra - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe author of Iron and Silk returns to China in this highly original novel which follows the adventures of a naive but courageous orphan and the formidable Colonel Sun, who risk everything to track down an elusive Buddhist scripture. \"Lovingly drawn . . . very promising and often funny\".--Time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIron \u0026amp; Silk, Mark Salzman's bestselling account of his adventures as an English teacher and martial arts student in China, introduced a writer of enormous charm and keen insight into the cultural chasm between East and West. Now Salzman returns to China in his first novel, which follows the adventures of Hsun-ching, a naive but courageous orphan, and the formidable and mysterious Colonel Sun, who together travel from mainland China to San Francisco, risking everything to track down an elusive Buddhist scripture called The Laughing Sutra. Part Tom Sawyer, part Tom Jones, The Laughing Sutra draws us into an irresistible narrative of danger and comedy that speaks volumes about the nature of freedom and the meaning of loyalty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103128293599,"sku":"9780679735465","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/QK-jdDvrHg9780679735465.webp?v=1781090341"},{"product_id":"lying-awake-paperback","title":"Lying Awake - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eMark Salzman's \u003cb\u003eLying Awake\u003c\/b\u003e is a finely wrought gem that plumbs the depths of one woman's soul, and in so doing raises salient questions about the power-and price-of faith. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSister John's cloistered life of peace and prayer has been electrified by ever more frequent visions of God's radiance, leading her toward a deep religious ecstasy. Her life and writings have become examples of devotion. Yet her visions are accompanied by shattering headaches that compel Sister John to seek medical help. When her doctor tells her an illness may be responsible for her gift, Sister John faces a wrenching choice: to risk her intimate glimpses of the divine in favor of a cure, or to continue her visions with the knowledge that they might be false-and might even cost her her life.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Salzman's Lying Awake is a finely wrought gem that plumbs the depths of one woman's soul, and in so doing raises salient questions about the power-and price-of faith. \u003cbr\u003eSister John's cloistered life of peace and prayer has been electrified by ever more frequent visions of God's radiance, leading her toward a deep religious ecstasy. Her life and writings have become examples of devotion. Yet her visions are accompanied by shattering headaches that compel Sister John to seek medical help. When her doctor tells her an illness may be responsible for her gift, Sister John faces a wrenching choice: to risk her intimate glimpses of the divine in favor of a cure, or to continue her visions with the knowledge that they might be false-and might even cost her her life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104449499359,"sku":"9780375706066","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/eLYa5xMA1l9780375706066.webp?v=1781108336"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/mark-salzman.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}