Nine Lives - In Search of the Sacred in Modern India

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

Product details

• Authors: William Dalrymple, Dalrymple William
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 19.05.2016
• EAN: 9781408878194
• ISBN: 978-1-4088-7819-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > Asia; India, Travel writing, Religion & beliefs, History of Religion, Asian History, Biography and non-fiction prose, Religion and beliefs, Religious life and practice, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary