Blue Sky Kingdom
An Epic Family Journey to the Heart of the Himalayas
New York : Pegasus Books, 2020.
Format: Book
Edition: First Pegasus Books edition.
Description: xxi, 295 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
"A warm and unforgettable portrait of a family letting go of the known world to encounter an unfamiliar one filled with rich possibilities and new understandings. Bruce Kirkby had fallen into a pattern of looking mindlessly at his phone for hours, flipping between emails and social media, ignoring his children and wife and everything alive in his world, when a thought struck him. This wasn't living; this wasn't him. This moment of clarity started a chain reaction which ended with a grand plan: he was going to take his wife and two young sons, jump on a freighter and head for the Himalaya. In Blue Sky Kingdom, we follow Bruce and his family's remarkable three months journey, where they would end up living amongst the Lamas of Zanskar Valley, a forgotten appendage of the ancient Tibetan empire, and one of the last places on earth where Himalayan Buddhism is still practiced freely in its original setting. Richly evocative, Blue Sky Kingdom explores the themes of modern distraction and the loss of ancient wisdom coupled with Bruce coming to terms with his elder son's diagnosis on the Autism Spectrum. Despite the natural wonders all around them at times, Bruce's experience will strike a chord with any parent--from rushing to catch a train with the whole family to the wonderment and beauty that comes with experience the world anew with your children" --Amazon.
Contents:
Prologue -- The shallows -- Among the ancients -- In the sky, there is no distinction of East and West -- Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky -- Impermanence.
Subjects:
Kirkby, Bruce, 1968- -- Travel -- Himalaya Mountains.
Kirkby, Bruce, 1968- -- Family -- Travel -- Himalaya Mountains.
Karsha Monastery.
Buddhism -- India -- Zanskar.
Himalaya Mountains -- Description and travel.
Kirkby, Bruce, 1968- -- Travel -- Himalaya Mountains.
Kirkby, Bruce, 1968- -- Family -- Travel -- Himalaya Mountains.
Karsha Monastery.
Buddhism -- India -- Zanskar.
Himalaya Mountains -- Description and travel.
ISBN:
9781643135687
Availability | |||
---|---|---|---|
Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
TRAVEL Writing Kir | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 6/15/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-295).