{"product_id":"cold-mountain-paperback-by-sean-michael-wilson","title":"Cold Mountain Paperback by Sean Michael Wilson","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eShambhala\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2015-04-14)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e144\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781611801798\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e235.87\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e21.56 x 15.21 x 0.86\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA  graphic novel portrait of the wild antics and legendary poetry of the  \"Laughing Pair\"—Han Shan and Shih Te, two of China's greatest poets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     This is a  smart, funny graphic novel exploring the life, legend, and lore of two  of the greatest poets in Chinese history—Han Shan (known as \"Cold  Mountain\") and Shih Te—who reportedly lived during the Tang dynasty  (618-906 CE). They were critics of authority (both secular and  religious) and champions of social justice who left their poetry on tree  trunks and rocks. They were also reportedly monastics, drunks, cave  dwellers, immortals, and many other wild and wondrous things. There is  much delightful uncertainty about this \"Laughing Pair\"—including  whether or not they actually existed. What is known is that the poetry  attributed to them was greatly influential in both China and Japan, and  to the Beat writers in the United States during the 1950s and '60s.\u003cbr\u003e      Acclaimed manga creator Sean Michael Wilson has brought these renegade  poets to life, showing the places they went and the philosophical and  meditative aspects of their lives, as well as revealing their humor and  wackiness and their penetrating insights into the human condition.Their  poetry is interwoven throughout—translations by J. P. Seaton, one of  the most respected tranlsators of Chinese poetry in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eSEAN MICHAEL WILSON is a comic book writer from Scotland, living in Japan. He has had many books published with a variety of US, UK, and Japanese publishers, such as \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Five Rings\u003c\/i\u003e, and edited the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eAX: alternative manga \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e’s “Best Books of 2010” in comics). In 2016, his book\u003ci\u003e Lafcadio Hearn’s “The Faceless Ghost” and Other Macabre Tales from Japan\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for the prestigious Eisner Award. And in 2017, his book \u003ci\u003eSecrets of the Ninja \u003c\/i\u003ewon an International Manga Award from the Japanese Government.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556114944161,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781611801798","price":32.25,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781611801798.jpg?v=1781805613","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/cold-mountain-paperback-by-sean-michael-wilson","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}