Publicado por Granta Books Apr 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 1783780827 ISBN 13: 9781783780822
Librería: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - A funny and intelligent novel from a rising star of Latin American fiction. Gustavo 'Highway' Sanchez, a man with a mouth full of bad teeth and a life full of stories, is on a quest for a perfect set of pearly whites.
Publicado por Granta Books Apr 2016, 2016
ISBN 10: 1846274931 ISBN 13: 9781846274930
Librería: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - In The Saffron Road, Toomey follows in the footsteps of earlier generations of Buddhist nuns to trace the routes by which the philosophy has spread from a solitary order in a remote area of India in the 5th century BC, via 1950s San Francisco where Zen was popularised by the Beat generation, to the globally-renowned practitioners of mindfulness of today. Beginning her journey in the Himalayas, close to the birthplace of the Buddha, Toomey travels from Nepal, to India, through Burma, Japan and on to North America and Europe, along the way visiting contemporary nunneries to meet the women who practise there. Amongst those she talks to are a group of 'kung fu' nuns, an acclaimed novelist, a princess, a concert violinist, a former BBC journalist, and a one-time Washington political aide. Through these conversations, the daily reality of the Buddhist existence is gradually revealed, together with the diverse spiritual paths leading these women towards nirvana.