Lion's Roar Foundation – 5th Annual Shambhala Sun Foundation Auction
Auction Ends: Dec 11, 2011 11:59 PM EST

Signed editions

Pico Iyer: Signed "The Open Road: The Global Journey of the XIV Dalai Lama"

Item Number
163
Estimated Value
75 USD
Sold
40 USD to jet3253
Number of Bids
2  -  Bid History

Item Description

New York Times book reviewer Holly Morris said of Pico Iyer's The Open Road that "when you have a formidable writer who says I'm curious, catch me if you can, and a subject as rich as the Dalai Lama, it's best to just hang on for the ride...Iyer takes a long, hard look at the many meanings of this deceptively simple man."

Mr. Iyer is an acclaimed, well-loved, and best-selling author, and we are very grateful that he is a regular contributor to the Shambhala Sun. Pico provided this signed hardcover copy of The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama with the inscription: "For the generous soul who bid on this and for all of us who share the vision of kindness, attentiveness and responsibility that Shambhala Sun stands for! With every best wish, Pico Iyer, 10/10"

Mr. Iyer has been engaged in conversation with the Dalai Lama (a friend of his father's) for the last three decades. In Open Road he captures the paradoxes of the Dalai Lama's position: though he has brought the ideas of Tibet to world attention, Tibet itself is being remade as a Chinese province; though he was born in one of the remotest, least developed places on earth, he has become a champion of globalism and technology. He is a religious leader who warns against being needlessly distracted by religion; a Tibetan head of state who suggests that exile from Tibet can be an opportunity; an incarnation of a Tibetan god who stresses his everyday humanity. The Open Road illuminates the hidden life, the transforming ideas, and the daily challenges of a global icon.

URL: http://vintage-anchor.knopfdoubleday.com/2009/03/27/the-open-road-by-pico-iyer/

 

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