Questions of Heaven: The Chinese Journeys of an American Buddhist

by Gretel Ehrlich

Hardcover, 1997

Publication

Beacon Press (1997), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 144 pages

Description

A Haunting pilgrimage to one of China's holy mountains "Ehrlich . . . writes with tremendous grace and passion." -Miles Harvey,Outside "In spare, lyrical prose, Ehrlich inventively recounts her 1995 spiritual trip to China and Tibet. . . . Like one of the landscape paintings of which she writes, Ehrlich's book is at once delicate, deeply considered and moving." -Publishers Weekly, starred review "Ehrlich's highly personal travelogue centers on her attempt to find what remains of the once-flourishing spiritual culture in the sacred mountains of western China. . . . Ehrlich intersperses her personal narrative with bits of the intellectual, political, historical and spiritual." -Alexandra Hall,The New York Times Book Review "IfQuestions of Heavenhas a message, it may reside in the author's belief in a bond across geography and generations, one transcending space and time." -David L. Ulin,The Village Voice "This is travel writing at its best." -Glenn Masuchika,Library Journal… (more)

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Physical description

144 p.; 8.52 inches

ISBN

0807073105 / 9780807073100
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