{"product_id":"stories-of-the-sahara-sanmao-9781408881842","title":"Stories of the Sahara","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe book that has captivated millions of Chinese readers, translated into English for the very first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Hypnotic . . . A record of one person's fierce refusal to follow a path laid down for her by the rest of the world' Tash Aw, Paris Review Books of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSanmao: author, adventurer, pioneer. Born in China in 1943, she moved from Chongqing to Taiwan, Spain to Germany, the Canary Islands to Central America, and, for several years in the 1970s, to the Sahara.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStories of the Sahara invites us into Sanmao's extraordinary life in the desert: her experiences of love and loss, freedom and peril, all told with a voice as spirited as it is timeless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt a period when China was beginning to look beyond its borders, Sanmao fired the imagination of millions and inspired a new generation. With an introduction by Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti, this is an essential collection from one of the twentieth century's most iconic figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Every story conveys Sanmao's infectious capacity for wonder' Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Has endured for generations of young Taiwanese and Chinese women' New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Ground-breaking' Geographical\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A remarkable and brave book. Sanmao was a freewheeling feminist who broke all the rules and did so with a gleeful, mischievous smile' David Eimer, South China Morning Post\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sanmao","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47746385477875,"sku":"9781408881842","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781408881842.jpg?v=1759090748","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/stories-of-the-sahara-sanmao-9781408881842","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}