{"product_id":"three-tigers-one-mountain-9781250114051","title":"Three Tigers One Mountain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Almost Nearly Perfect People\u003c\/i\u003e, a lively tour through Japan, Korea, and China, exploring the intertwined cultures and often fraught history of these neighboring countries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is an ancient Chinese proverb that states, Two tigers cannot share the same mountain. However, in East Asia, there are three tigers on that mountain: China, Japan, and Korea, and they have a long history of turmoil and tension with each other. In his latest entertaining and thought provoking narrative travelogue, Michael Booth sets out to discover how deep, really, is the enmity between these three tiger nations, and what prevents them from making peace. Currently China's economic power continues to grow, Japan is becoming more militaristic, and Korea struggles to reconcile its westernized south with the dictatorial Communist north. Booth, long fascinated with the region, travels by car, ferry, train, and foot, experiencing the people and culture of these nations up\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528897044823,"sku":"9781250114051","price":15.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781250114051.jpg?v=1731873458","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/three-tigers-one-mountain-9781250114051","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}