Afbeelding auteur
3 Werken 26 Leden 2 Besprekingen

Werken van Antony Osler

Tagged

Algemene kennis

Er zijn nog geen Algemene Kennis-gegevens over deze auteur. Je kunt helpen.

Leden

Besprekingen

Travel with the author on a seldom used road in South Africa to experience a potpourri of pictures, stories, philosophy and descriptions. Zen Buddhism not necessary.
 
Gemarkeerd
BridgitDavis | Feb 28, 2016 |
This warm and gentle contemplation of the four seasons as observed from the veranda of a Karoo farm is an undiscovered gem, more comforting than home cooking and more stimulating than good Scotch – a beverage to which the author is particularly partial.

Former musician Antony Osler was one of the first South African Buddhist monks: founding a legal resources clinic in the Karoo dorp Colesberg, he worked as a human rights advocate and a farmer, while being an enthusiastic father and a committed Buddhist.

Intimate, tender and engaging, this delightful book – illustrated with evocative monochromatic photographs – bears testimony not only to Osler’s deep faith but also to his skill as a writer and his talent for life.
… (meer)
 
Gemarkeerd
adpaton | Nov 28, 2008 |

Statistieken

Werken
3
Leden
26
Populariteit
#495,361
Waardering
3.0
Besprekingen
2
ISBNs
6