{"product_id":"nine-lives-in-search-of-the-sacred-in-modern-india-paperback","title":"Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Dalrymple\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Mughal\u003c\/i\u003e, an enlightening book that explores with remarkable compassion and expansive insight nine varieties of religious devotion in India today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn portraits of people we might otherwise never know William Dalrymple distills his twenty-five years of travel in India to explore the challenges faced by practitioners of traditional forms of faith in contemporary India. For two months a year, a man in Kerala divides his time between jobs as a prison warden and a well-builder and his calling as an incarnate deity. A temple prostitute watches her two daughters die from AIDS after entering a trade she regards as a sacred calling. A Jain nun recalls the pain of watching her closest friend ritually starve herself to death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether, these tales reveal the resilience of individuals in the face of the relentless onslaught of modernity, the enduring legacy of tradition, and the hope and honor that can be found even in the most unlikely places.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Dalrymple is the author of six previous acclaimed works of history and travel, including \u003ci\u003eCity of Djinns, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the Young British Writer of the Year Prize and the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award; the best-selling \u003ci\u003eFrom the Holy Mountain; White Mughals, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won Britain's most prestigious history prize, the Wolfson; and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Mughal, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the Duff Cooper Prize for History and Biography. He divides his time between New Delhi and London, and is a contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 14, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52468128579891,"sku":"9780307474469","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ds6BsilYux9780307474469.webp?v=1759355738","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/nine-lives-in-search-of-the-sacred-in-modern-india-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}