Nine lives : in search of the sacred in modern India
Dalrymple, William2010
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'Nine Lives' is a distillation of 25 years of exploring India and writing about its religious traditions and how they have been transformed in the vortex of the region's rapid change.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.
Main title:
Nine lives : in search of the sacred in modern India / William Dalrymple.
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Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2010.
Collation:
304 p. : map ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2009.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781408801246 (pbk)
Dewey class:
954.05088954.05088954.0508954.050
Language:
English
BRN:
2006069
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