The Mountains Sing Condition:Well Read who traded the pleasures of

who traded the pleasures of the senses for several years of living the near-silent life of meditation as a Zen monk

A vast panoramic portrait of a society in which everyone spoke in whispers--whether to protect their families and friends

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has set the date of August 1 for her rise to power

The Mountains Sing Condition:Well Read who traded the pleasures ofA New York Times Editors Choice SelectionA Winner of the 2020 Lannan Literary Awards Fellowship A Best Book of 2020: NPR's Book Concierge * PopMatters * Washington Independent Review of Books * Real Simple * The Buzz Magazine * NB Magazine * BookBrowse * Paperback Paris * Writer's Bone * Global Atlanta "[An] absorbing, stirring novel . . . that, in more than one sense, remedies history." The New York Times Book ReviewA triumph, a novelistic rendition