About this title: Four seekers from Japan cross paths in India. Each has come to India on a spiritual journey. One man's wife has recently died. One man is haunted by his wartime experiences in Burma. One woman is looking for her soul, which she feels she has lost. One man is out to repay a debt. The characters' respective quests all come to fruition, but not in ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780811213202ISBN:081121320X
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. FINE CONDITION, CLEAN AND TIGHT BOOK. READ ONCE-SHIPS QUICKLY. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. FINE CONDITION, CLEAN AND TIGHT BOOK. READ ONCE-SHIPS QUICKLY. New Directions Publishing Corporation SOFT COVER, 5TH PRINTING, 1996. "A trip to India becomes a journey of discovery for a group of Japanese tourists playing out their "individual dramas of the soul. " Isobe searches for his reincarnated wife, while Kiguchi relives the wartime ... read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New Directions, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780811212892ISBN:0811212890
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. An excellent hardcover copy, seemingly unread and almost like new. The spine is solid and square. The dark blue cloth binding shows almost no wear, just the mildest kind of rubbing to the bottom edge. The text is clean and unmarked. The dustjacket is also excellent and bears the publisher's original price of $19.95. -------------------------------------------------------------------216 pages. Endo is one of the leading writers in Japan. In ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New Directions, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780811212892ISBN:0811212890
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. A trip to India becomes a journey of discovery for a group of Japanese tourists playing out their "individual dramas of the soul. " Isobe searches for his reincarnated wife, while Kiguchi relives the wartime horror that ultimately saved his life. Alienated by middle age, Mitsuko follows Otsu, a failed priest, to the holy city of Varanas, hoping that the murky Ganges holds the secret to the "difference between being alive and truly living. " Looking for absolutes, each ... read more
Description: Good. An average used book that has all pages intact. Could have some creasing on the spine or covers. Note this book is considered a trade or oversize paperback book. Our ultimate goal is to provide you with a satisfying customer experience. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New Directions
Date Published: 1996-05-01
ISBN-13:9780811213202ISBN:081121320X
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780811213202. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corpor
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780811213202ISBN:081121320X
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Description: Very Good. Peter Owen Publishers [Published date: 1994], Soft cover, 216 pp. Very good/ NO dust jacket. Glossy pictorial soft cover has light bumping along edges and faint overall rubbing and scratching. Binding tight (NO spine crease). Top corner of front free end paper is clipped off. Otherwise pages are crisp, clean and bright with no markings, tears or folds. NOT Ex-library. read more
"Interesting...explores Asian spirituality, Catholicism & Atheism, while experiencing starvation during war, dying of cancer, promiscuity in college, materialism of top executives, culminating in a trip to India, where each searches for pretty much the same thing as the others...a meaningful connection with God."
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