Natalie Goldberg

Long Quiet Highway (eBook, ePUB)

Waking Up in America

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The author of Writing Down the Bones shares her story of self-discovery through Zen Buddhism, in "beautiful and simple prose" ( Library Journal). In this autobiographical work, Natalie Goldberg takes us on a journey from her suburban childhood to her maturation as a writer. From the high-school classroom where she first listened to the rain, to her fifteen years as a student of Zen Buddhism, Natalie Goldberg's path is by turns illuminating, disciplined, heartbreaking, hilarious, and healing. Along the way she reflects on her life and work in prose that is both elegant and precise, reminding the reader of what it means to be fully alive. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Natalie Goldberg, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Road Media
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781453224601
• Artikelnr.: 37917803

Autorenporträt

Natalie Goldberg (b. 1948) is the author of ten books, including Writing Down the Bones, which has sold over one million copies and has been translated into fourteen languages. She has also written the beloved Long Quiet Highway: Waking Up in America, a memoir about her Zen teacher. For the past thirty years she has practiced Zen and taught seminars on writing as a spiritual practice. She lives in northern New Mexico.