In The Upside-Down Buddha: Parables & Fables, Steven Carter continues to breathe new life into two of the world's oldest art forms. By turns hilarious, poignant, and profound, the entries in The Upside-Down Buddha are certain to instruct and entertain a diverse modern audience.
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CONTRIBUTORS: Steven Carter
EAN: 9780761854050
COUNTRY: United States
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WEIGHT: 399 g
HEIGHT: 259 cm
PUBLISHED BY: University Press of America
DATE PUBLISHED: 2011-02-16
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GENRE: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / General, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / General, RELIGION / General, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, RELIGION / Buddhism / Sacred Writings
WIDTH: 180 cm
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Book Themes:
Creative writing and creative writing guides, Religion and beliefs, Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Buddhism: sacred texts and revered writings, East Asian religions, Mysticism, Mind, body, spirit
Perfect little stories., Steven Carter has acquitted himself well., Steven Carter's triumph is to have established a sort of universal ethic of 'how to be,' while promoting at the same time a holistic view of human beings in individual social, cultural, and psychological contexts., Exquisite., To their credit, Steven Carter's books make honorable attempts to shore against our ruins a devotion to the powers of erudition, critical analysis, and judgment. In the words of Ezra Pound in Canto LXXXI, 'Here error is all in the not done, all in the diffidence that faltered. . .' For Steven Carter, these are words to live by.
Steven Carter, the only two-time winner of Italy's coveted Nuove Lettere International Poetry and Literature Prize, served as a Senior Fulbright Fellow at two Polish universities. In 2010 he was awarded the Montaigne Medal grand prize in the Eric Hoffer Awards competition. He is emeritus professor of English at CSU, Bakersfield.
