Journey to Ithaca

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l^anp^^^^^M Young and in love, Sophie; and Matteo share a dissat-
* isfaction with their bourgeois upbringing and a yearn-
ing for spiritual fulfillment that brings them, like so
* many others, to India. But the realities of life on an A ashram magnify the lovers' differences. Pragmatic
Sophie is horrified and disillusioned by the poverty R^^^fes ^^—S and hardships they encounter; Matteo, a dreamer, sees only the purity of ascetic life. Eventually his personal search leads him av/ay from Sophie and toward the Mother, a charismatic guru. In ah effort to reclaim Matteo, Sophie embarks on her own journey for the truth about the Mother's mysterious past. What these three people discover is at the heart of this masterful novel—that wisdom is found in the journey itself, and not at its destination.
"The richest and subtlest of her hovels . . . Desai's 'truth' is a peacock's tail. Long after I closed this... Tovább

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ft' jS' i' 'm' wt^ a^^ tj- e»'
»'"t ft' «n^ JL

t- i' o- •« <«'•

l^anp^^^^^M Young and in love, Sophie; and Matteo share a dissat-
* isfaction with their bourgeois upbringing and a yearn-
ing for spiritual fulfillment that brings them, like so
* many others, to India. But the realities of life on an A ashram magnify the lovers' differences. Pragmatic
Sophie is horrified and disillusioned by the poverty R^^^fes ^^—S and hardships they encounter; Matteo, a dreamer, sees only the purity of ascetic life. Eventually his personal search leads him av/ay from Sophie and toward the Mother, a charismatic guru. In ah effort to reclaim Matteo, Sophie embarks on her own journey for the truth about the Mother's mysterious past. What these three people discover is at the heart of this masterful novel—that wisdom is found in the journey itself, and not at its destination.
"The richest and subtlest of her hovels . . . Desai's 'truth' is a peacock's tail. Long after I closed this beautiful book, T watched the iridescent colors change, and change again," —San Francisco Chronicle
"As always, Ms. Desai writes with intelligence and power. She has a remarkable eye for substance, the things that give life its texture." —The New York Times
Cover design by Ingsu Liu /Cover illustration by Arjun Desai Bacl<ground art: Unknown artist, Bliairava, a terrifying manifestation of Siva, from G. Nitsclil<e The Silent Orgasm - From Transpersonal to Transparent Consciousness,
Taschen Verlag, Köln, 1995 Vissza