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Summary. Dalrymple's seventh book is about the lives of nine Indians, a Buddhist monk, a Jain nun, a lady from a middle-class family in Calcutta, a prison warden from Kerala, an illiterate goat herd from Rajasthan, and a devadasi among others, as seen during his Indian travels.
- William Dalrymple
- 2009
15 de jun. de 2010 · Nine lives with nine different biographies of nine people about their belief and the religious path they followed. Dalrymple tries to find answer to many of his questions: What does it actually mean to be a holy man or a Jain nun, a mystic or a tantric seeking salvation on the roads of modern India?
15 de jun. de 2010 · From the author of The Last Mughal (“A compulsively readable masterpiece” —The New York Review of Books), an exquisite, mesmerizing book that illuminates the remarkable ways in which traditional...
Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India. William Dalrymple. A&C Black, Jun 7, 2010 - Travel - 304 pages. 'Nine Lives' is a distillation of 25 years of exploring...
1 de jan. de 2009 · William Dalrymple. 4.06. 8,021 ratings797 reviews. From the author of The Last Mughal and In Xanadu, comes a mesmerizing book that explores how traditional religions are observed in today’s India, revealing ways of life that we might otherwise never have known.
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7 de out. de 2009 · Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India. William Dalrymple. Bloomsbury Publishing, Oct 7, 2009 - Travel - 304 pages. LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE....
Buy Now. Reviews and Quotes. Tom Adair, Scotsman Books of the Year. “The outstanding read of the year…. Entirely absorbing and beautifully lucid, it follows the paths of nine modern pilgrims into the meaning of their quests, evoking the truth of present day India in its spiritual dimension.
