Shopping for Buddhas: Travel Literature (Lonely Planet Journeys) |
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Jeff Greenwald
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Pages: 208 (Paperback)
ISBN: 086442471X
Pub: Lonely Planet Publications
Pub date: 1996-09-01
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 87373
Reader Reviews:
More than shopping (3/4 people found this helpful)
The author has managed to keep a consistent story line, with the purchase of the Buddha statue as the main story. But you also get to know more about the country of Nepal, it's people and culture through his efforts to find his Buddha. Sometimes though it can be pretty annoying to follow his attempts to find the right statue and the authour gets lost himself in his story. Some chapters are pretty descriptive and gives you a deeper understanding about a subject, while other chapters just makes you lost and doesn't fit in with the overall story. If you haven't been to Nepal, it is a good purchase to get some basic understanding of it.
An amusing insight into the Nepalise culture. (3/4 people found this helpful)
An author who can invoke the sights and smells of Kathmandu proceeds with an amusing character whose self imposed mission is to find the perfect statue of Budda. A very entertaining tale highlighting the tension between advancing the spritual self and amasing material goods. For those who have been to Kathmandu it will resonate with your memories, for those that haven't then it should inspire you to go!!
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