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Title: Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
Author: DALRYMPLE WILLIAM
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/08/2016
Imprint: BLOOMSBURY
Price: $23.00
Publishing status: Active
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.
ISBN: 9781408878194
Dimension: 198mm X 129mm
Pages: 304