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Publisher	GRANTA BOOKS
ISBN 10	1847085229
Book Format	Paperback
Book Description	During the Tang dynasty, the Chinese artist Wu Taotzu was one day standing looking at a mural he had just completed. Suddenly, he clapped his hands and the temple gate opened. He went into his work and the gates closed behind him.' Thus begins Sven Lindqvist's profound meditation on art and its relationship with life, first published in 1967, and a classic in his home country it has never been out of print. As a young man, Sven Lindqvist was fascinated by the myth of Wu Taotzu, and by the possibility of entering a work of art and making it a way of life. He was drawn to artists and writers who shared this vision, especially Hermann Hesse, in his novel Glass Bead Game. Partly inspired by Hesse's work, Lindqvist lived in China for two years, learning classical calligraphy from a master teacher. There he was drawn deeper into the idea of a life of artistic perfectionism and retreat from the world. But when he left China for India and then Afghanistan, and saw the grotesque effects of poverty and extreme inequality, Lindqvist suffered a crisis of confidence and started to question his ideas about complete immersion in art at the expense of a proper engagement with life. The Myth of Wu Taotzu takes us on a fascinating journey through a young man's moral awakening and his grappling with profound questions of aesthetics. It contains the bracing moral anger, and poetic, intensely atmospheric travel writing Lindqvist's readers have come to love.
About the Author	SVEN LINQVIST was born in Stockholm in 1932. He has published essays, aphorisms, autobiography, documentary prose, travel and reportage, including: Bench Press, Desert Divers, Exterminate All the Brutes, A History of Bombing and Terra Nullius, all available from Granta Books. Lindqvist lives in Stockholm.
Number of Pages	128

ISBN 13	9781847085221
Author	Sven Lindqvist
Language	English
Editorial Review	Jonathan Raban's introduction is an overture, weaving themes while underscoring the common elements in many of the collection's 23 pieces ... The New Granta Book of Travel a lethal companion to take to the bedside. You'd never sleep Scotsman This inspiring anthology celebrates the genre's literary aspirations, as well as reminding us of the myriad ways in which exploring difference, even for armchair travellers, broadens minds Independent on Sunday Lavinia Greenlaw conjures haunting poetry in her piece on the snowbound immensity of the Arctic Circle. John Borneman, an American caught up in the Sri Lanka tsunami over Christmas 2004, gives a knucklewhitening account of the disaster and its aftermath ... suitable armchair escapism for the New Year Ian Thomson, Spectator Jobey's judicious selection includes many pieces by newer writers such as Decca Aitkenhead and Kathleen Jamie Giles Foden, Conde Nast Traveller A hefty collection taken from the last 14 years of Granta magazine, featuring a selection of travel literature's greats, including Colin Thubron, Paul Theroux, Bruce Chatwin and Jonathan Raban Traveller A collection of short stories by a select band of acclaimed writers, turns the excitement in taking a vacation 180 degrees, and holds a mirror up to a world of fear and violence, escape and disaster, and sex and desire Edinburgh Evening News Collecting the best of the magazine's travel writings from the last 20 years, this is steely eyed, post safari shorts travel writing and with a forward row boasting the likes of Bruce Chatwin, Paul Theroux and Colin Thubron, you know you're getting some heavy lifters ... As greatest hits packages go, this is all killer, no filler Tom Hawker, Wanderlust Drawing on 14 years of travel writing from Granta magazine, it includes the work of Bruce Chatwin, Colin Thubron, WG Sebald, Kathleen Jamie and many more. Bookseller Jobey's judicious selection includes many pieces by newer writers such as Decca Aitkenhead and Kathleen Jamie. Giles Foden, Conde Nast Traveller
Publication Date	12-Jun-14

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The Myth Of Wu Tao-Tzu Paperback English by Sven Lindqvist - 12-Jun-14

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