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Author:

Portier, Bruno, 1966-

Title:

This flawless place between / Bruno Portier; [translated by Gregory Norminton].

Publisher:

Oneworld Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xii, 180 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Karma-gliṅ-pa,--14th cent.--Bar do thos grol--Adaptations.
Vacations--Fiction.
Accidents--Fiction.
Himalaya Mountains--Fiction.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Norminton, Gregory.

Notes:

First published as Bardo, le passage by Editions Florent Massot in 2009. Includes bibliographic references (p. 180).

Summary:

For those who loved The Alchemist, Siddhartha, and Jonathan Livingston Seagull, This flawless place between is a mesmerizing and uplifting story about death and dying. Interweaving themes from The Tibetan book of the dead, Portier takes us to Tibet and the scene of a motorcycle accident. Anne's life is over, but with the help of a stranger her spirit begins a cathartic voyage that carries her back through the traumas and ecstasies of her life.

ISBN:

1851688501
9781851688500

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)