William Page

The Nirvana Experiments and Other Tales of Asia (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Nirvana Experiments and Other Tales of Asia by William Page is a collection of ten stories set in Thailand, India, China, Nepal, Taiwan and Afghanistan.

Some highlights:
An Indian scientist tries to induce enlightenment by manipulating the chemistry of the brain...
An American Peace Corps volunteer declares war on the Nepalese caste system...
A traveler carries an ancient curse into the modern world...
A California girl searches for a guru in the Himalayas...
A Chinese mother contends with a Bodhisattva for the soul of her eight-year-old son.

Although the protagonists come from different backgrounds, most of them are engaged in a common venture: the quest for spiritual certitude.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Proglen
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786169082514
• Artikelnr.: 72711497

Autorenporträt

William Page is a New Englander who has lived most of his life in Asia. He has taught English at overseas American and international schools in Taipei, Singapore, Isfahan, and Luxembourg. He has also served as a Chinese Mandarin translator with the U.S. Army, as a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal, and as a curriculum writer in Saudi Arabia. In his youth, he traveled widely through South Asia, backpack style. His chief interest is Eastern religions. In 2001 he retired in Thailand after teaching for 15 years at Thammasat University.