Nine Lives In Search Of The Sacred by William Dalrymple

Nine Lives In Search Of The Sacred by William DalrympleThe product of a 25 year exploration of Indias cultural and religious traditions, this collection of biographies introduces the reader to nine unforgettable characters. They include a Buddhist monk who takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet and 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 who tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best friend

And not just plain old hard work

often absurd reality of living invisibly and undocumented

The seven stories are all concerned with love

Despite belonging to a spirit world made of enchantment

Peter's little brother Fudge has a new obsession

s greatest living Urdu poet

book covers and sketchbooks and is a resource for Nepalese art

and the four companions he has gathered along the road

and describes the effects of the civil war on the Nepali countryside that Drishya travels to

Angel Clare

safely tucked away up a chimney

This lost classic is a magical tale of adventure and friendship