by William Dalrymple · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781408801246
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«Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India» is an essay by William Dalrymple, published by Bloomsbury in paperback (304 pages, in English).
The book brings together nine stories of people who practise different religious traditions in India and shows the tension between their beliefs and a society in full change. Among them are a Buddhist monk trying to atone for a violent past and a Jain nun facing the ritual fast of a friend.
The book was longlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize. The work falls within religion and spirituality and history.
For readers interested in spirituality, religions of India and narrative travel journalism.
William Benedict Hamilton-Dalrymple is a Scottish historian, art historian, indologist, curator, broadcaster, critic and author.
