The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen monastery

by Janwillem Van de Wetering

Hardcover, 1974

Status

Available

Collection

Publication

Houghton Mifflin Company (1974), Edition: 1st, 145 pages

Description

A small and admiral memoir that records the experiences of a young Dutch student who spent a year and a half as a novice monk in a Japanese Zen Buddhist monastery.

Language

ISBN

0395182824 / 9780395182826

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Library's review

Seen by many as a contemporary classic, Janwillem van de Wetering's small and admirable memoir records the experiences of a young Dutch student—later a widely celebrated mystery writer—who spent a year and a half as a novice monk in a Japanese Zen Buddhist monastery.

Rating

(86 ratings; 4)

Pages

145
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