The Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto
The Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto
The Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Monk</strong>: <strong>Four</strong> <strong>Seasons</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Kyoto</strong> (Pico Iyer) When Pico Iyer decided to go to <strong>Kyoto</strong> <strong>and</strong> live <strong>in</strong> a monastery, he did so to learn about Zen Buddhism from <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>side, to get to know <strong>Kyoto</strong>, one of <strong>the</strong> loveliest old cities <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> world, <strong>and</strong> to f<strong>in</strong>d out someth<strong>in</strong>g about Japanese culture today -- not <strong>the</strong> world of bus<strong>in</strong>essmen <strong>and</strong> production l<strong>in</strong>es, but <strong>the</strong> traditional world of chang<strong>in</strong>g seasons <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> silence of temples, of <strong>the</strong> images woven through literature, of <strong>the</strong> lunar Japan that still lives on beh<strong>in</strong>d <strong>the</strong> ris<strong>in</strong>g sun of geopolitical power.All this he did. And <strong>the</strong>n he met Sachiko.Vivacious, attractive, thoroughly educated, speak<strong>in</strong>g English enthusiastically if eccentrically, <strong>the</strong> wife of a Japanese "salaryman" who seldom left <strong>the</strong> office before 10 P.M., Sachiko was as conversant with tea ceremony <strong>and</strong> classical Japanese literature as with rock music, Goe<strong>the</strong>, <strong>and</strong> Vivaldi. With <strong>the</strong> lightness of touch that made Video Night <strong>in</strong> Kathm<strong>and</strong>u so captivat<strong>in</strong>g, Pico Iyer fashions from <strong>the</strong>ir relationship a marvelously ironic yet heartfelt book that is at once a portrait of cross-cultural <strong>in</strong>fatuation -- <strong>and</strong> misunderst<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g -- <strong>and</strong> a delightfully fresh way of see<strong>in</strong>g both <strong>the</strong> old Japan <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> very new.From <strong>the</strong> Trade Paperback edition.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Monk</strong>: <strong>Four</strong> <strong>Seasons</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Kyoto</strong>
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Author : Pico Iyer<br />
Pages : 337 pages<br />
Publisher : Knopf 1991-09-24<br />
Language : English<br />
ISBN-10 : 0679403086<br />
ISBN-13 : 9780679403081
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Lady</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Monk</strong>: <strong>Four</strong> <strong>Seasons</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Kyoto</strong>
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