
Category:Biography
Nine Lives
by William Dalrymple
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- Item SKU:
- 75378
- Author:
- William Dalrymple
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Edition:
- 1st
- ISBN:
- 9781408879818
- EAN13:
- 9781408879818
Product 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. Long list Ed for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize.



