Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India

Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
ISBN-10
1408801248
ISBN-13
9781408801246
Series
Nine Lives
Category
Travel
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2010-06-07
Publisher
A&C Black
Author
William Dalrymple

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. LONGLISTED FOR THE BBC SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE

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