| Questions of Heaven: The Chinese Journeys of an American Buddhist Contributor(s): Ehrlich, Gretel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807073113 ISBN-13: 9780807073117 Publisher: Beacon Press OUR PRICE: $14.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1998 Annotation: A haunting pilgrimage to one of China's holy mountains. "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". 6 illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Fiction | Literary - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 96045518 |
| Series: Concord Library |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.46" W x 8.19" (0.40 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese - Ethnic Orientation - Asian - Religious Orientation - Buddhist |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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 If Questions of Heaven has 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 |