{"product_id":"books-my-journey-in-mystic-china-by-john-blofeld","title":"My Journey in Mystic China","description":"The only English translation of John Blofeld's memoirs as a Westerner living in China prior to the Communist Revolution\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e * Paints an intimate portrait of the grace and refinement of ancient Chinese civilization\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e * Originally written in Chinese for Chinese readers, revealing a rare glimpse of Blofeld's private Chinese side and uncensored views\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e * The last book by the great English sinologist, translator of the I Ching and author of \u003ci\u003eTaoist Mystery and Magic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The reveries and remembrances contained in the travel diaries of John Blofeld cover every aspect of his life in China--from visits to opium dens and sing-song houses to sojourns in the Buddhist monasteries and Taoist hermitages of China's sacred mountains. Here is a vivid glimpse of \"old\" China as it existed in elegance and grace for three thousand years before China's Communist Revolution. Originally written in Chinese for a Chinese audience, Blofeld's travel diary reveals a rare, uncensored view of pre-communist China to which few westerners have been exposed.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53506298741009,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781594771576.jpg?v=1778109288","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-my-journey-in-mystic-china-by-john-blofeld","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}