{"product_id":"in-the-fabled-east-paperback","title":"In the Fabled East - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Lewis Schroeder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBridging history from 1890s Aix-en-Provence to American involvement in 1950s Vietnam, \u003ci\u003eIn the Fabled East\u003c\/i\u003e is a timeless love story and riveting adventure, charting the loss of innocence of both individuals and the world at large. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdélie Tremier, a turn-of-the-century widower and socialite suffering from tuberculosis, flees Paris flees for French-occupied Indochina, to seek out a fabled spring of immortality in the Laotian jungle that might allow her to return to her nine-year-old son. Years later, Pierre Lazarie, a young academic turned Saigon bureaucrat, is sent by Adélie's grown son, now an army captain, to find this mysterious woman. Although his mission fulfills Pierre's fantasy to travel up the exotic Mekong, he is saddled with his colleague Henri LeDallic, who would rather glory in booze and his loutish past than hunt for ghosts. This mismatched pair stumbles through the lush jungle in the faded footsteps of Adelie, where history and fable are intertwined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Lewis Schroeder\u003c\/b\u003e completed a Master's degree in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia and has since traveled extensively. He is the author of the story collection \u003ci\u003eKingdom of Monkeys\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel \u003ci\u003eEmpress of Asia\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in the Okanagan, British Columbia with his wife and two sons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 09, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47266030485753,"sku":"9781553658122","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/2ioe9N_Ua59781553658122.webp?v=1768847417","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/in-the-fabled-east-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}