My guru and his disciple
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-19862013
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In 1939, as Europe approaches war, Isherwood, an instinctive pacifist, travels west to California, seeking a new set of beliefs to replace the failed Leftism of the thirties. There he meets Swami Prabhavananda, a Hindu monk, who will become his spiritual guide for the next thirty-seven years. Late-night drinking sessions, free love, and the glamour of writing for the Hollywood studios alternate with meditation, abstinence and the study of religious texts in a compelling tug of war between worldliness and holiness.
Main title:
My guru and his disciple / Christopher Isherwood ; with a new introduction by Simon Callow.
Author:
Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986, authorCallow, Simon, 1949-, writer of introduction
Work:
Imprint:
London : Vintage Books, 2013.©1980.
Collation:
xvi, 300 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
First published: London : Methuen, 1980.
ISBN:
9780099561231 (paperback)
Dewey class:
823.912B/ISH
Language:
English
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BRN:
518390