Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
- ISBN-10
- 1408878194
- ISBN-13
- 9781408878194
- Series
- Nine Lives
- Category
- India
- Pages
- 284
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-05
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Paperbacks
- 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.
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