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Questions of Heaven - (Concord Library) by Gretel Ehrlich (Paperback)

Questions of Heaven - (Concord Library) by  Gretel Ehrlich (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A haunting pilgrimage to one of China's holy mountains. "Ehrlich's highly personal travelogue centers on her attempt to find what remains of (the) once-flourishing spiritual culture in the sacred mountains of western China. . . . (Ehrlich) intersperses her personal narrative with bits of the intellectual, political, historical and spiritual".--Alexandra Hall, "The New York Times Book Review". 6 illustrations.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A Haunting pilgrimage to one of China's holy mountains</b> <br>Ehrlich . . . writes with tremendous grace and passion.<br>--Miles Harvey, <i>Outside</i> <p/>In spare, lyrical prose, Ehrlich inventively recounts her 1995 spiritual trip to China and Tibet. . . . Like one of the landscape paintings of which she writes, Ehrlich's book is at once delicate, deeply considered and moving. <br>--<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review <p/>Ehrlich's highly personal travelogue centers on her attempt to find what remains of [the] once-flourishing spiritual culture in the sacred mountains of western China. . . . [Ehrlich] intersperses her personal narrative with bits of the intellectual, political, historical and spiritual. <br>--Alexandra Hall, <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>If <i>Questions of Heaven</i> has a message, it may reside in the author's belief in a bond across geography and generations, one transcending space and time. <br>--David L. Ulin, <i>The Village Voice</i> <p/>This is travel writing at its best. --Glenn Masuchika, <i>Library Journal</i><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Ehrlich . . . writes with tremendous grace and passion.--Miles Harvey, <i>Outside</i> <p/>In spare, lyrical prose, Ehrlich inventively recounts her 1995 spiritual trip to China and Tibet. . . . Like one of the landscape paintings of which she writes, Ehrlich's book is at once delicate, deeply considered and moving. --<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review <p/>Ehrlich's highly personal travelogue centers on her attempt to find what remains of [the] once-flourishing spiritual culture in the sacred mountains of western China. . . . [Ehrlich] intersperses her personal narrative with bits of the intellectual, political, historical and spiritual. --Alexandra Hall, <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>If <i>Questions of Heaven</i> has a message, it may reside in the author's belief in a bond across geography and generations, one transcending space and time. --David L. Ulin, <i>The Village Voice</i> <p/>This is travel writing at its best. --Glenn Masuchika, <i>Library Journal</i><br>

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