Christopher Isherwood
My Guru and His Disciple (Vintage Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780099561231
- author:
- Christopher Isherwood
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Vintage Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions:
- 12.9 x 2 x 19.7 cm
- Genre:
- Biography, Novelists, Poets & Playwrights,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
In 1939, Christopher Isherwood embarked on a journey to California in search of new spiritual beliefs. There, he met Swami Prabhavananda, a Hindu monk who would become his guide for the next thirty-seven years. Their lives were marked by contrasting pursuits: late-night drinking sessions and free love against meditation, abstinence, and study of religious texts. This tension between worldliness and holiness is the central theme of Isherwood's spiritual quest. Through their experiences, Isherwood explores the complexities of spirituality and the human search for meaning in a rapidly changing world.
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