HIDDEN BUDDHAS: A Novel of Karma and Chaos
by Dalby, Liza
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- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (as new)
- ISBN 10
- 1933330856
- ISBN 13
- 9781933330853
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About This Item
Berkeley, CA:: Stone Bridge Press,, (2009). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (as new). First printing. A novel by this anthropologist and writer specializing in Japan - among other things, she was the geisha consultant for the film "Memoirs of a Geisha" based on Arthur Golden's novel. From the back cover: According to Buddhist theology, the world is suffering through a final corrupt era called mappo. As mapo continues, chaos will increase until the center can no longer hold. In Japan, many believe that Miroku, Buddha of the Future, will appear and bring about a new age of enlightenment. In this novel, one Buddhist priest struggles with the dictates of his inherited orthodoxy, while another rebels." SIGNED on the half title page. 396 pp.
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- Title
- HIDDEN BUDDHAS: A Novel of Karma and Chaos
- Author
- Dalby, Liza
- Format/Binding
- SIGNED first edition -
- Book Condition
- New Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (as new)
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1933330856
- ISBN 13
- 9781933330853
- Publisher
- Stone Bridge Press,
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA:
- Date Published
- (2009)
- Keywords
- japan, mappo,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women Authors;
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