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Autore |
Dalrymple William |
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Nueve vidas : En busca de lo sagrado en la India de hoy / / William Dalrymple |
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Barcelona, Spain : , : Editorial Kairós, , [2010] |
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©2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (443 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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India Religious life and customs |
India Social conditions |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cubierta; Portada; Créditos; Dedicatoria; Sumario; Mapa; Introducción; 1. La historia de la monja; 2. El bailarín de Kannur; 3. Las hijas de Yellamma; 4. El cantor de epopeyas; 5. El hada roja; 6. La historia del monje; 7. El hacedor de ídolos; 8. La dama del crepúsculo; 9. La canción del trovador ciego; Glosario; Bibliografía; Nota sobre el autor; Contracubierta |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The product of a 25-year exploration of India's cultural and religious traditions, this collection of biographies introduces the reader to nine unforgettable characters, including a Buddhist monk who takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet and then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing the best prayer flags in India; a Jain nun who tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best friend ritually starve to death; and a devadasi, or temple prostitute, who initially resists her |
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