Lessons in Essence

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ISBN: 9781593761097

A Novel

Dana Standridge

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Counterpoint
24 April 2006

Political & legal thriller

Imbued with the tension of Taipei and the beauty of mountain seclusion, Lessons in Essence uncovers timeless human truths in the crises faced by an honest and vulnerable man

Teacher Li is a grumbling Taiwanese master of ancient Chinese arts who suffers constant nightmares about a military takeover of Taiwan by China. His family is in New York seeking U.S. citizenship when Teacher Li has an almost accidental sexual encounter with a student. Knowing everything, his wife returns to Taipei. Miserable, but finding no solace in the city, Teacher Li retreats to the mountains like the Zen hermits of old to write a book about aesthetics. But the purity he seeks is elusive even in mountain exile-he finds a rotting house for shelter, and for company the contrary Dr. Gao and his dropout student lover. Their cynicism juxtaposes Teacher Li's innocence as New York is attacked on September 11, Taiwan's president is shot in an assassination attempt, and the poles of the world seem to shift.

With keen insight into human nature, subjects as diverse as erotic paintings, Virginia Woolf's punctuation, and the casual savagery of children, Dana Standridge delivers a powerful story from a complex time in history.

By: Dana Standridge
Imprint: Counterpoint
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 397g
ISBN: 9781593761097
ISBN 10: 1593761090
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 24 April 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dana Standridge was born in Alabama in 1967. She moved to Taipei in 1985 and has since spent more than a dozen years living in the mountains north of the city, where she began her career as a radio news anchor. She has also lived in Hong Kong, England, and Hawaii, and has traveled widely. She lives with her husband Christopher and son Eli.

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