| The Shining Shining Path Contributor(s): Short, Carroll Dale (Author) |
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ISBN: 1588380718 ISBN-13: 9781588380715 Publisher: NewSouth Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2002 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Turner, a rock promoter and Vietnam vet, is improbably chosen by a sect of Buddhist monks as the "Hope" -- a spiritual warrior picked to battle the forces of darkness and evil in times of millennial world crisis. And the conflagration will come in his native Alabama. The skeptical Turner is sent home with six monks whose special talents he will need. While waiting for the Armageddon, he sets off on a new concert tour, the monks performing traditional Buddhist music and dance in colleges and community centers across the South. Turner and his charges meet outrageous characters fated to help or hinder their mission -- from news reporters and small-town sheriffs to a hyperactive black mathematical genius who uses quantum physics to manipulate reality. This road-trip odyssey is hilarious, heartbreaking, and fraught with perils, including a landscape peopled with ghosts from Turner's turbulent past. A triumphant blend of magical realism and spiritual adventure, The Shining Shining Path examines the power of love, forgiveness, and redemption. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6" W x 9" (1.32 lbs) 390 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The Shining Shining Path is a triumphant blend of magical realism and spiritual adventure which examines the power of love, forgiveness, and redemption in everyday lives. Its collision of Easter mysticism and Deep South culture ranges effortlessly from humor to profound emotion. |
Contributor Bio(s): Short, Carroll Dale: - Both a novelist and journalist, Carroll Dale Short's fiction and non-fiction have appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, American Lawyer, the Birmingham News, Roanoke Review, and other periodicals. His previous books include I Left My Heart in Shanghi, Alabama; A Migration of Clowns: Poems and Essays; and The Shining Shining Path. |