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Zen City by Eliot Fintushel (2016, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHunt Publishing The Limited, John
ISBN-101785353500
ISBN-139781785353505
eBay Product ID (ePID)219721377
Product Key Features
Book TitleZen City
Number of Pages136 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicZen, Religious, Science Fiction / General
Publication Year2016
IllustratorYes
GenrePhilosophy, Fiction
AuthorEliot Fintushel
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight5.9 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-956009
ReviewsSTARRED REVIEWAuthor and performance artist Fintushel (Breakfast with the Ones You Love) blends Asian philosophy with science fiction in a mind-melting exploration of love, loss, and cultural appropriation. Like every other "hick" on the outside of the City, Big Man dreams of gaining access to it: a place of pure Buddha-nature, where every inhabitant has abandoned desire and reached a state of absolute oneness. Unable to enter by official channels, Big Man enlists the help of his would-be lover, Angela, to sneak in through a back way. In the process, he attracts the attention of the supposed bodhisattva No Mind and the less-than-holy Buddhist teacher Bobo Shin, who pursue him into the City for their own ends. Each character is fascinatingly developed in a somewhat Dadaist fashion, all while moving the plot along. Fintushel's goal is never to mock or deride Buddhism itself, but rather to expose the ways in which the Eightfold Path is corrupted by human nature; in that regard, this book succeeds brilliantly, deftly weaving a tragic romance that's about all of us, and none at all.
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal813.6
SynopsisFrom the author of Breakfast with the Ones You Love comes Zen City . This thought-experiment novella brilliantly critiques spirituality in America., The world of ZEN CITY is a world of passionate desires: the desire for power, the desire for order, and the desire for self-transcendence. ZEN CITY is a story about the struggle and violence of people who see themselves as striving for the ultimate. Along the way, ZEN CITY presents a sly critique of the practice and perversions of imported spirituality in twentieth-century America.
LC Classification NumberPS3606.I58
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