Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
Snake Lake, Paperback / softback Book

Snake Lake Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

Item not Available

Description

In a circular valley beneath the looming peaks of the Himalaya lies Kathmandu, Nepal.

It's a city of shimmering prayer flags, sacred cows, lavish festivals, and violent political turbulence� and a world that journalist Jeff Greenwald has come to call home.Snake Lake unfolds during 1990's dramatic � people power" uprising against Nepal's long-entrenched monarchy.

The story follows Greenwald as he wins the friendship of a high lama who reveals the pillars of Tibetan Buddhism; embarks on a passionate romance with a spunky but curiously unlucky news photographer; and discovers what democracy means to rural Nepali citizens� all while covering the revolution for a major American newspaper.

Meanwhile, back in the U.S., Greenwald's brilliant but troubled younger brother descends into a deepening depression.

The author is forced to choose between witnessing Nepal's long-overdue revolution and reconnecting with an alienated brother in desperate need of help.Snake Lake is primarily a memoir (though the roles of several characters have been recast).

Focused on the life-changing events that unfolded during one calamitous spring, the book weaves a vivid tapestry of Buddhism, revolution, and the often serpentine paths to personal liberation.

Information

Other Formats

Save 6%

£13.99

£13.15

Item not Available
Item not Available
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information