An End to Suffering

The Buddha in the World

Pankaj Mishra (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

448 Seiten

2005
Picador (Verlag)
978-0-330-39279-2 (ISBN)

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The Buddha, his life and legacy -- refracted through one man's search for identity and one nation's experience of independence

An accomplished history of the Buddha, An End to Suffering is also a deeply personal story -- the story of Pankaj Mishra's search for meaning, for truth and peace in the modern world and, specifically, in post-colonial, independent India. As he describes his travels to unearth the origins of the Buddha, Mishra offers glimpses into his own quest for enlightenment, from childhood to September 11, from family background to friends met and made, from lessons learned to achievements as a writer. Through this, Mishra reveals the parallels between his time and the Buddha's, between their respective journeys -- and that of their country -- in search of progress and reconciliation.

Pankaj Mishra was born in North India, in 1969. He writes for the New York Review of Books, the New Statesman, Granta , the Times Literary Supplement and the Guardian.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.10.2005
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 197 mm
Gewicht	282 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
ISBN-10	0-330-39279-4 / 0330392794
ISBN-13	978-0-330-39279-2 / 9780330392792
Zustand	Neuware