{"id":5162,"date":"2005-02-25T20:09:40","date_gmt":"2005-02-26T00:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=5162"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:55:56","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:55:56","slug":"an-end-to-suffering-the-buddha-in-the-world-by-pankaj-mishra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/an-end-to-suffering-the-buddha-in-the-world-by-pankaj-mishra\/","title":{"rendered":"An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World by Pankaj Mishra [in AsianWeek]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2005\/02\/End-of-Suffering.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-31047\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2005\/02\/End-of-Suffering.jpg\" alt=\"End of Suffering\" width=\"308\" height=\"475\" \/><\/a>Novelist and essayist (and frequent <em>New York Review of Books<\/em> contributor) Mishra adds to what seems to be a growing hybrid genre of memoir infused with history, philosophy, and politics. What begins as a writing retreat to a tiny Himalayan village becomes a soul-searching personal journey to understand Buddhism \u2013 a search that ultimately proves both enlightening and elusive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/07\/asianweek-2005-02-25-new-and-notable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;New and Notable Books,&#8221; <em>AsianWeek<\/em>, February 25, 2005<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2004<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4421\" title=\"End to Suffering\" src=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/07\/end-to-suffering.jpg\" alt=\"End to Suffering\" width=\"125\" height=\"197\" \/>Novelist and essayist (and frequent <em>New York Review of Books<\/em> contributor) Mishra adds to what seems to be a growing hybrid genre of memoir infused with history, philosophy, and politics. 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