Buy this book on-line Han Suyin : The Mountain Is YoungThe Book Club, 1958
1958 Published in 1958. Book Club Edition. BOOK in good pale blue cloth hardcovers, slight bumping to corners & spine ends, some tanning to edges of covers. PAGES tanned but clean, flat & tightly bound, well tanned to edges of page block, good clean copy. DUSTJACKET poor, bumping & wear to corners, edges & spine edges & ends, tanned to edges of cover & spine, small chip from bottom of spine, 2cm tear to bottom left of spine, well used appearance. Book Extract; In 1956 Han Suyin was invited to attend the coronation ofthe King of Nepal, the Himalayan kingdom known as TheLand of the Gods'. Out of this rich experience she has nowwritten a superb novel, an enchanting love story told withall the fervour which made A Many-Splendour ed Thing such anunforgettable book.The heroine is Anne Ford, a beautiful woman, the productof the current Western civilization which in gaining materialprosperity has lost its hold on things of the spirit. To her, asto others, Khatmandu is a revelation. There she finds that allhuman endeavour is directed towards the divine. And a loveaffair which started as a passionate, sensual experience takeson new meaning and a deeper understanding of the eternalproblems of humanity - the significance of life and theplace of love in the human scheme of things.But the story is not Anne Ford's only, for Han Suyin,drawing from her knowledge of the Nepalese as they are,with their extraordinary gift for laughter and wit, theirgenius for music, sculpture, poetry and theology, hasfashioned her exciting tale around a rich and varied groupof Nepalese and European characters. She reveals with flaw-less authenticity the Nepal of today, an essentially eleventh-century society already touched by modern 'progress', gradu-ally being invaded by the tourists, and striving to leap intothe twentieth century., 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall, Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Han Suyin : The Mountain Is Young. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres anciens, fine bindings, incunabula, libri antichi and atlases. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |