The Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto
- ISBN-10
- 0679738347
- ISBN-13
- 9780679738343
- Category
- Travel
- Pages
- 337
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Pico Iyer
Description
An account of the author's stay in a monastery in Kyoto, Japan, in order to learn about Zen Buddhism, introduces readers to Sachiko--a well-educated, English-speaking, Japanese housewife locked in a traditional marriage but drawn to the author and to Western culture
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