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Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven Susan Jane Gilman

Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven By Susan Jane Gilman

Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman


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Summary

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.

Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven Summary

Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman

In 1986, Susie and her friend Chloe, fresh-faced graduates from Brown University, were inspired by a placemat entitled "Pancakes of Many Nations" to depart on an epic trip around the world, starting with Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China, then only recently opened to the rest of the world. As the two ventured into what turned out to be a strange and alien land, they encountered places far different from anything they had ever experienced, from the horrors of an open-ditch toilet in the back of a weird hybrid tenement hotel, to a magical boat ride through a fantastic landscape of wind-carved mountains. At every turn, they stumbled upon unforgettable people, including an earnest local who called himself George and loved everything American from hamburgers to Stevie Wonder, a heroic German exchange student named Eckehardt Grimm, and a young waitress named Lisa in an unlikely restaurant in the middle of rural China that specialized in food for weary travelers, such as pancakes and pizza, "just like their mama make."Armed only with Nietzsche's greatest works and a copy of Linda Goodman's Love Signs, Susie and Chloe were utterly unprepared for their expedition, and their experience alternated between culture shock and exotic adventure, until a near-tragedy turned the trip into a true-life international thriller. Recounted in Susan Jane Gilman's inspired and unmistakable voice, this adventure is an unforgettable voyage into a peculiarly modern heart of darkness.

Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven Reviews

'An ambitious and intimate coming-of-age novel' - KIRKUS REVIEW

About Susan Jane Gilman

Susan Jane Gilman is the author of Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress and Kiss My Tiara. She has written commentary for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and Ms. magazine, among others, and her fiction and essays have received several literary awards.

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GOR002199234
9780446696937
0446696935
Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Little, Brown & Company
2009-04-02
320
N/A
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