02288nam 2200493 450 991079017690332120230207214402.084-7245-797-4(CKB)2670000000163782(EBL)678703(OCoLC)780425434(SSID)ssj0000663764(PQKBManifestationID)12330557(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000663764(PQKBWorkID)10602779(PQKB)10371490(MiAaPQ)EBC678703(Au-PeEL)EBL678703(EXLCZ)99267000000016378220220516d2010 uy 0spaur|n|---|||||txtccrNueve vidas En busca de lo sagrado en la India de hoy /William DalrympleBarcelona, Spain :Editorial Kairós,[2010]©20101 online resource (443 p.)Description based upon print version of record.84-7245-775-3 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; ContracubiertaThe 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 herIndiaReligious life and customsIndiaSocial conditions266.254Dalrymple William474709MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790176903321Nueve vidas3796679UNINA