Soul MountainVenerable Daoist masters, Buddhist nuns, mythical Wild Men, and deadly Qichun snakes populate this bold, lyrical novel, an extraordinary work of profound beauty by the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2000. |
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Page 125
... liquor ! " I say I have just been drinking . He says , " It doesn't matter , you can drink as much as you like , and then just bed down here ! " He seems to be Sichuanese . His Sichuan accent draws me closer to him and I start talking ...
... liquor ! " I say I have just been drinking . He says , " It doesn't matter , you can drink as much as you like , and then just bed down here ! " He seems to be Sichuanese . His Sichuan accent draws me closer to him and I start talking ...
Page 188
... liquor . " He says if he wants fresh meat he can get the peasants to get it for him when they go to the markets . And twenty li from here , in the settlement , there's also now a little shop where you can even buy liquor and cigarettes ...
... liquor . " He says if he wants fresh meat he can get the peasants to get it for him when they go to the markets . And twenty li from here , in the settlement , there's also now a little shop where you can even buy liquor and cigarettes ...
Page 226
... liquor in both hands walks straight into the thigh - deep water without rolling up his trouser legs and presents bowls of liquor to the crew . The men in sunglasses quaff down the liquor as they sing their thanks and with a flourish ...
... liquor in both hands walks straight into the thigh - deep water without rolling up his trouser legs and presents bowls of liquor to the crew . The men in sunglasses quaff down the liquor as they sing their thanks and with a flourish ...
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