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PublisherShambhala Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-101570623678
ISBN-139781570623677
eBay Product ID (ePID)1024953
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Book TitleNine-Headed Dragon River : Zen Journals 1969-1982
Number of Pages303 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
TopicZen, Buddhism / Rituals & Practice, Buddhism / Zen (See Also Philosophy / Zen), Essays & Travelogues
GenreTravel, Religion, Philosophy
AuthorPeter Matthiessen
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight14.8 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"Very few writers have the courage, inner experience, and literary technique to take us into the reaches of mystic awareness. Matthiessen has; his prose is among the finest of our time--at once sensual and austere, sinewy, yet full of warmth, eloquent yet reverent, polished clean by silence and awe. Nine-Headed Dragon River is a clear gift to us from a complex man who has schooled himself to speak of central things with a most honorable exactitude."--Andrew Harvey, Vogue "Remarkable, memorable nonfiction. Matthiessen's prose is as strong and pure as ever."--Duncan Spencer, Washington Post "Peter Matthiessen's book embodies the spirit of Zen in America."--Hakuyu T. Maezumi, Zen Center of Los Angeles, "Very few writers have the courage, inner experience, and literary technique to take us into the reaches of mystic awareness. Matthiessen has; his prose is among the finest of our time-at once sensual and austere, sinewy, yet full of warmth, eloquent yet reverent, polished clean by silence and awe. Nine-Headed Dragon River is a clear gift to us from a complex man who has schooled himself to speak of central things with a most honorable exactitude."-Andrew Harvey, Vogue "Remarkable, memorable nonfiction. Matthiessen's prose is as strong and pure as ever."-Duncan Spencer, Washington Post "Peter Matthiessen's book embodies the spirit of Zen in America."-Hakuyu T. Maezumi, Zen Center of Los Angeles, "Very few writers have the courage, inner experience, and literary technique to take us into the reaches of mystic awareness. Matthiessen has; his prose is among the finest of our time-at once sensual and austere, sinewy, yet full of warmth, eloquent yet reverent, polished clean by silence and awe.Nine-Headed Dragon Riveris a clear gift to us from a complex man who has schooled himself to speak of central things with a most honorable exactitude."-Andrew Harvey,Vogue"Remarkable, memorable nonfiction. Matthiessen's prose is as strong and pure as ever."-Duncan Spencer,Washington Post
Dewey Edition19
Dewey Decimal813/.54 B
SynopsisIn August 1968, naturalist-explorer Peter Matthiessen returned from Africa to his home in Sagaponack, Long Island, to find three Zen masters in his driveway--guests of his wife, a new student of Zen. Thirteen years later, Matthiessen was ordained a Buddhist monk. Written in the same format as his best-selling The Snow Leopard, Nine-Headed Dragon River reveals Matthiessen's most daring adventure of all: the quest for his spiritual roots., In August 1968, naturalist-explorer Peter Matthiessen returned from Africa to his home in Sagaponack, Long Island, to find three Zen masters in his driveway-guests of his wife, a new student of Zen. Thirteen years later, Matthiessen was ordained a Buddhist monk. Written in the same format as his best-selling The Snow Leopard, Nine-Headed Dragon River reveals Matthiessen's most daring adventure of all- the quest for his spiritual roots.
