Nine Lives

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Nine Lives

Author : William Dalrymple

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Language

NA

Edition

0

Pages

9781408801246

ISBN-13

1408801246

ISBN-10

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Publisher

176 mm

Height

110 mm

Width

23 mm

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Binding

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Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here 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 Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here 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. This title is longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize.