{"product_id":"9781476793672","title":"The Language of Solitude","description":"\u003cp\u003eInternationally bestselling author Jan-Philipp Sendker’s \u003ci\u003eWhispering Shadows \u003c\/i\u003ewas “a darkly beautiful, heart-wrenching” (\u003ci\u003eBooklist, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review) journey through bustling Hong Kong’s sinister underbelly. The captivating second book in the high-stakes Rising Dragon series plunges us deeper into the dangerous heart of Chinese politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrooding expat and journalist Paul Leibovitz is beginning to imagine a new life for himself in Hong Kong, one in which the grief over a recent family tragedy doesn’t consume him and his love for Christine Wu brings him great joy. When Christine gets an unexpected and emotionally-charged letter from her estranged brother, Paul journeys with her to a remote village outside of Shanghai, where a mysterious illness is affecting the locals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul discovers a powerful chemical conglomerate is polluting a nearby lake, and Chinese officials are doing nothing to stop it. The victims demand justice, but taking legal action could prove even more dangerous than the strange disease itself. Government intimidation and political corruption threaten to suppress even the most passionate and audacious environmental activists. If Paul doesn’t walk away, he could pull the woman he loves reluctantly back into a world she escaped from decades ago—putting their relationship and their lives at risk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuspenseful and rife with the page-turning storytelling that defines Sendker’s remarkable work and harkens back to \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Hearing Heartbeats\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Solitude \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a peerless look into contemporary China.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atria \/ 37 INK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032076534000,"sku":"9781476793672","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781476793672_p0.jpg?v=1763610597","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781476793672","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}