{"product_id":"the-orient-express-paperback","title":"The Orient Express - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRandy Rosenthal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen yoga studios are ubiquitous and meditation apps are on millions of smart phones, once exotic terms like karma, zen, and nirvana have entered into everyday English, business consultants have appropriated the meditation terms \"\"mindfulness\"\" and \"\"equanimity,\"\" and Buddha statues and Shinto shrines are common in American yards, we forget that things weren't always this way, and that what is now considered cliche was once unknown. So how did the spirituality of the East come to permeate the culture of the West? Answering that question is what The Orient Express is about. To do so, Harvard scholar Randy Rosenthal explores the four works of fiction he finds most responsible for bringing Eastern religion to the Western mainstream: The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham, Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger, and The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac. Through the lives of their characters, these authors introduced countless readers to the spiritual practices and philosophies of yoga, Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, and the hesychast prayer tradition of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. A compendium of spiritual wisdom in the form of literary criticism, The Orient Express tells the story of these stories, providing illuminating context and clarifying misconceptions along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRandy Rosenthal is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eDear Burma\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Messiah of Shangri-La\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Jerusalem Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLion's Roar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBuddhadharma\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTricycle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarvard Divinity Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e, and several other publications. He teaches writing courses for Harvard University and lives in Boston.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 198\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748631839008,"sku":"9781666775273","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5dbb04b2243e174586dfe45a86d6265a.webp?v=1779912888","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-orient-express-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}