The Earth House
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.11 (754 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0942257324 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 180 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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"I love this book!" according to Docta Puella. Why didn't I hear about this book until recently? Duprau is an eloquent writer and this is a deep and touching story. Filled with humor and insight, this book is about two women, their Zen practice, their love for each other and the tenuousness of life. More nuanced than Natalie Goldberg, Duprau's sense of irony carries the weight of her story.. I think it's time for me to read this book again. The Earth House is a memoir of the very best kind. I bought it soon after it was published and I have read it multiple times. The story is about the author and her partner who decide to build a house near the Zen center where they participate. They have the land, they have done the research and made a plan, when DuPrau's partner is diagnosed with a terminal illness. The boo. Overlooked Classic Guy M. Newland Saying what this book is "about" (building a house, losing a partner, practicing Zen) really misses the point.One of us humans has looked into the Great Matter (life-death) and said something, as clearly as she can, from the heart. I can't say what is the "best" book in the world, as another reviewer has. I would say that this is a book that is, in a sense, perfect. Of cour
They hadn't pictured themselves as the sort of people to take up Eastern spiritual practice. What if they were to give up their suburban comforts and build a house beside a monastery in the mountains? As the walls of the house go up, the two women make and re-make plans, wrestle with a chainsaw, learn to make windows, and set up a computer powered by the sun. But on their first visit to a Zen center, two women discover something that speaks to them on a level deeper than their everyday experience, and they begin to make a new plan for their lives. Their spiritual practice transforms their vision of the house, and the building of it transforms them both. But their endeavor leads to an ending, not a beginning -- at least not the kind of beginning they'd had in mind "A moving meditation on life, death, love, and Zen Buddhism." Feminist Bookstore News
From Library Journal After their involvement with a Zen Buddhist Center intensifies, the author and her companion Sylvia decide to design and build their own rustic home on a plot of land DuPrau has bought from the center. . Her account of her suffering after Sylvia's death is handled well, but the unrelieved introspection ultimately wears thin. Followers of Zen Buddhism and meditative philosphies will be interested.- Harriet Gottfried, NYPLCopyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. The author describes the benefits of Zen philo