Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things
An Impossible Journey From Kabul To Chiapas
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On Sale:
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13/07/2006
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Formats:
Trade paperback
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Inspired by the legend of a 5th-century Buddhist monk who crossed the Pacific
and visited the Americas, Gary Geddes set out on a journey that took him from<
Afghanistan to Mexico. The people and traditions that he encountered reveal
both the hubris of the Western view of world history and the overlap between
ancient events and modern politics. Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things takes its
title from a Chinese term for the scope and wonders of life—full of adventure,
philosophy and excitement. Compelling and richly comic, this is the nationally
bestselling story of a remarkable odyssey.
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Author Extras
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Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things
FOR THIRTY YEARS, Gary Geddes has lived with his shadow self, an obscure 5th-century Buddhist monk named Huishen, whose legend shanghaied his vivid imagination. Huishen, originally from Kabul, Afghanistan, reportedly sailed from China to Vancouver Island, continuing southward to Mexico. In a...
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Sailing Home
Fully aware that his mythical home-place might have vanished forever into memory (or at least into sad disrepair), Gary Geddes set out to discover his roots in a 31-foot British sailing sloop, christened the Groais. Those tangled roots wound their way up British Columbia's famed Inside Passage, an...
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