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A brilliantly colorful memoir of becoming a monk and a young man's spiritual journey in India. Nikolai Grozni, a Boston jazz pianist prodigy struck by spiritual ennui, suddenly abandoned 15 years of music studies to seek out the Dalai Lama's university in India, where he began his quest for the ultimate truth. Instead of finding answers, Grozni fell in with an unusual cast of characters, and struggled with Buddhist logic and with the many small challenges to life as a monk. This is his bittersweet and funny memoir about the search for higher power, and the discovery of oneself amidst teeming, chaotic, and glorious humanity. 'Skeptical and demystifying...intimate and precise.' - The New York Times Book Review ' A thoughtful, sharply funny memoir.' - People 'A rare and wonderful book, unlike anything I've ever read before.' - Anne Lamott 'Remarkable...... I felt enlightened for having read it.' - A. J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living BiblicallyProduct Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Putnam Inc
ISBN-139781594483769
eBay Product ID (ePID)189912386
Product Key Features
Book TitleTurtle Feet: the Making and Unmaking of a Buddhist Monk
AuthorNikolai Grozni
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicBuddhism, Memorials
Publication Year2009
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height210mm
Item Width139mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorNikolai Grozni
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States