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Nine Lives

In Search of the Sacred in Modern India

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Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here 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.

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Nine Lives, William Dalrymple

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Tytuł
Nine Lives
Podtytuł
In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
Język
angielski
Rok wydania
2010
Oprawa
miękka
Liczba stron
304
ISBN10
1408801248
ISBN13
9781408801246
Seria
Pierwsze wydanie
2009
Oryginalna nazwa
Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
Ocena
4,05 z 5
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Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here 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.