{"product_id":"rungli-rungliot-thus-far-and-no-further","title":"Rungli Rungliot: Thus Far and No Further","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1940s, as the Second World War raged elsewhere, author Rumer Godden lived for a year in Rungli-Rungliot-an isolated tea estate three thousand feet down the mountain from Darjeeling-with her two daughters, their nanny Giovanna, and four Pekinese. Rungli-Rungliot, which means Thus Far and No Further, is a memory of the time Godden spent there. In this journal, Godden records her days in spare, unadorned words: the endless, driving rain of monsoon and the impossibility of staying dry; seeing her daughters anew, and finding that she has perhaps never seen them at all; sowing an autumn garden that refuses to heed direction; the extreme solitude, which strips the material world away and lets the spirit soar; an almost aborted Christmas; and the eternal snows of the Kanchenjunga and Pandim peaks, which look on at everything in serenity. Lyrical, and suffused with gentle melancholy, Rungli-Rungliot evokes a precise sense of place. This book is perfect for lovers of the mountains and the quiet, meditative life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Speaking Tiger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45871330754758,"sku":"DADAX9385288393","price":5.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/51iu0o6fcLL.jpg?v=1779473548","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/rungli-rungliot-thus-far-and-no-further","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}