| Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Matthiessen, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 1570623678 ISBN-13: 9781570623677 Publisher: Shambhala OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1998 Annotation: Now back in print, here is novelist Peter Matthiessen's account of his journey deep into the heart of American and Japanese Zen. Writing in the same format as his bestselling book THE SNOW LEOPARD, Matthiessen masterfully describes his quest for spiritual roots as he combines spiritual and historical narrative with lyrical glimpses of the natural world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Zen - Religion | Buddhism - Zen (see Also Philosophy - Zen) |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.01" W x 9" (1.02 lbs) 303 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |