Cover art for Nine Lives
Published
Bloomsbury, May 2016
ISBN
9781408878194
Format
Softcover, 304 pages
Dimensions
19.8cm × 12.9cm

Nine Lives In Search of the Sacred in Modern India

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LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE

'Beautifully written, ridiculously erudite, warm and open-hearted' The Times

'Compelling and poignant' Guardian

'This is travel writing at its best' Observer

Internationally bestselling William Dalrymple takes us to the heart of an undiscovered India.

A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet - 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 tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best friend ritually starve herself to death.

Nine people, nine lives; each one taking a different religious path, each one an unforgettable story. William Dalrymple delves deep into the heart of a nation torn between the relentless onslaught of modernity and the ancient traditions that endure to this day.

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