| Hard Travel to Sacred Places |  | Author: Rudolph Wurlitzer
Publisher: Shambhala
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 1820575
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 161
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1570620245
Dewey Decimal Number: 915.9
EAN: 9781570620249
ASIN: 1570620245
Publication Date: September 6, 1994
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A well-known novelist and screenwriter grapples with grief and the painful realities of a decadent age while on a journey through Cambodia, Thailand, and Burma. "A book to be read on many levels: as a traveler's tale, as a map of grief, as an inspiring record of the stations of the soul."--Gita Mehta (Raj).
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 Intense meditation of life and death September 23, 2008
Not for the faint of heart (or the heartless). This compassionate and compelling little book packs a mighty wollop and takes you on a deep journey to the place inside of you that asks, "What's life all about anyway?"
 Probably the worst book I have ever read. October 23, 2005
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
The author wallows in self pity and is always sick while staying in the best possible hotels (and never fails to drop the names of famous people who have done likewise). Having visited the same sites in Thailand and Cambodia in good health and a tight budget, I am appalled that this experience could be reported in such a distorted and negative way. Only a perverse curiosity about if the book could get worse kept me reading. It did get worse.
Hard Travel to Sacred Places September 2, 2005
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
service was excellent and book was in condition described
Profound and moving. September 27, 2004
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I couldn't differ more with the review by T. Gilbert! Sure this book is self-absorbed - but as the author journeys into himself he finds a universal suffrage. The author's courage to face off against death is remarkable in these times of flippancy and shallow know-it-all attitudes. The author is a wonderful guide through the darkness - and to be admired. There's nothing at all sophomoric that I could find in the book, nothing. It's as serious as it gets. The way that the author divides up the journey into a lusting/ignoring/hating triad of suffering is as an intuitive an expression of Buddhism as I have ever come across in my studies. Perhaps "every one has experienced loss in their life"; but few of us dare to share the accompanying humiliation with each other, or ourselves. Thank you Mr. Wurlitzer!I also suggest Inside Thai Society: Religion, Everyday Life, Change by Niels Mulder and Bali, Sekala and Niskala: Essays on Religion, Ritual, and Art by Fred B. Eiseman for an exploration of how Buddhism can help guide us over, around, and under the many hurdles in life.
 Dark, moody, but interesting and memorable February 12, 2004
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I read this because I liked the title, and thought the idea of the book - travelnig to a powerful place during a difficult time in life - was promising. The book turned out to be darker than I expected - but it was still moving and memorable. I read this book years ago but still recall passages and ideas from it. I think if I went to Cambodia or other places mentioned, I'd reread this short book - just to help give me a deep emotional context to consider while I'm there. Good - easy to read - but it might stay with you.
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