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Author Susan Jane Gilman
Books / Literature - Reading
Sunday, February 21, 2010
2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Providence Public Library, Central
Barnard Room, 3rd fl
150 Empire Street
Providence, RI 02903
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Join us for an author talk and reception for the paperback release of Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven.
Pre-order your copy of this new paperback and get a 10% discount! (You will receive a confirmation to either purchase your discounted book at Brown Bookstore after Feb. 9 or at this event.)
One of Amazon's "Best Books of 2009" and Barnes & Noble's "Best Nonfiction Books of 2009"
UNDRESS ME IN THE TEMPLE OF HEAVEN is a riveting, funny, but harrowing true story -- a modern-day heart of darkness full of Communist operatives, backpackers, and pancakes. In 1986, Gilman and a friend planned an ambitious trek across the globe starting in the People's Republic of China. At that point, China had been open to independent backpackers for roughly ten minutes. Armed only with the collected works of Nietzsche and Linda Goodman's
Love Signs, the two young women plunged into the dusty streets of Shanghai. Unsurprisingly, they quickly found themselves in over their heads -- hungry, disoriented, stripped of everything familiar, under constant government surveillance, and ensnared in rural China. What began as a journey full of humor, eroticism and enlightenment grew sinister -- becoming a real-life international thriller that changed them forever.
Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven is a powerful, inspiring story for our times -- a tale of being thoroughly humbled and helpless, yet surviving. It is also a flat-out page turner told with Gilman's trademark compassion, lyricism, and wit. (GCP)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Susan Jane Gilman is the author of
Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress and
Kiss My Tiara. She has written commentary for
The New York Times,
The Los Angeles Times, and
Ms. magazine, among others, and her fiction and essays have received several literary awards. Though she has lived most recently in Geneva, Switzerland, and Washington, D.C., she remains, eternally, a child of New York.
More Praise for Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven
"This is riveting stuff: part coming-of-age story, part travel journal, part political thriller, and
completely unputdownable." --
O Magazine
"A standout" that "crackles with wit...the two travel to places never before visited by Westerners,
making for a trip neither will ever forget, and now, neither will Gilman's readers." --
Booklist
"Packs the full wallop of disorienting, in-the-moment, transformative adventure." --
Publishers' Weekly
UNDRESS ME "has an edge-of-your-seat quality not common to travel memoirs" and "crosses into thriller territory."--
USA Today
Cost: FREE
Suggested Audiences:
Elders, Adult, College, High School
E-mail:
calendar@provlib.org
Last Modified: January 24, 2010 at 1:33 PM
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Author Susan Jane Gilman
Books / Literature - Reading
Sunday, February 21, 2010
2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Providence Public Library, Central
Barnard Room, 3rd fl
150 Empire Street
Providence, RI 02903
Google Maps - MapQuest
Join us for an author talk and reception for the paperback release of Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven.
Pre-order your copy of this new paperback and get a 10% discount! (You will receive a confirmation to either purchase your discounted book at Brown Bookstore after Feb. 9 or at this event.)
One of Amazon's "Best Books of 2009" and Barnes & Noble's "Best Nonfiction Books of 2009"
UNDRESS ME IN THE TEMPLE OF HEAVEN is a riveting, funny, but harrowing true story -- a modern-day heart of darkness full of Communist operatives, backpackers, and pancakes. In 1986, Gilman and a friend planned an ambitious trek across the globe starting in the People's Republic of China. At that point, China had been open to independent backpackers for roughly ten minutes. Armed only with the collected works of Nietzsche and Linda Goodman's Love Signs, the two young women plunged into the dusty streets of Shanghai. Unsurprisingly, they quickly found themselves in over their heads -- hungry, disoriented, stripped of everything familiar, under constant government surveillance, and ensnared in rural China. What began as a journey full of humor, eroticism and enlightenment grew sinister -- becoming a real-life international thriller that changed them forever.
Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven is a powerful, inspiring story for our times -- a tale of being thoroughly humbled and helpless, yet surviving. It is also a flat-out page turner told with Gilman's trademark compassion, lyricism, and wit. (GCP)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Susan Jane Gilman is the author of Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress and Kiss My Tiara. She has written commentary for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and Ms. magazine, among others, and her fiction and essays have received several literary awards. Though she has lived most recently in Geneva, Switzerland, and Washington, D.C., she remains, eternally, a child of New York.
More Praise for Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven
"This is riveting stuff: part coming-of-age story, part travel journal, part political thriller, and
completely unputdownable." -- O Magazine
"A standout" that "crackles with wit...the two travel to places never before visited by Westerners,
making for a trip neither will ever forget, and now, neither will Gilman's readers." -- Booklist
"Packs the full wallop of disorienting, in-the-moment, transformative adventure." -- Publishers' Weekly
UNDRESS ME "has an edge-of-your-seat quality not common to travel memoirs" and "crosses into thriller territory."-- USA Today
Cost: FREE
Sponsored by: Reading with Robin and Brown Bookstore
Suggested Audiences: Elders, Adult, College, High School
E-mail: calendar@provlib.org
Last Modified: January 24, 2010 at 1:33 PM
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