Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
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Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1408801248
ISBN 13
9781408801246
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Publication Year
2009
Publisher
Pages
284
Description
A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet - then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing the best prayer flags in India. A Jain nun tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best friend ritually starve herself to death. Nine people, nine lives; each one taking a different religious path, each one an unforgettable story. William Dalrymple delves deep into the heart of a nation torn between the relentless onslaught of modernity and the ancient traditions that endure to this day. This title is longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. - from Amzon
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