Showing results for "buddha" in Historical Fiction

Laos, 1979: Retired coroner Siri Paiboun and his wife, Madame Daeng, have never been able to turn away a misfit. As a result they share their small Vientiane house with an assortment of homeless people, mendicants, and oddballs. One of these oddballs is Noo, a Buddhist monk who rides out on his bicycle one day and never comes back, leaving only a cryptic note in the refrigerator - a plea to help a fellow monk escape across the Mekong River to Thailand. Naturally, Siri can't turn down the adventure.

In the heart of ancient India, amidst the opulence of palaces and the cries of suffering, one man embarks on a journey that will change the course of history. Siddhartha Gautama, the heir to a kingdom, forsakes his princely comforts in search of something greater: the elusive truth beyond worldly riches. Driven by an insatiable thirst for understanding, Siddhartha wanders the lands, encountering the depths of human suffering and the fleeting pleasures of existence.

هي أوديسة من نوع خاص . إبحار إلى الديار بعيدة دونما أمل في العودة . ارتحال مجموعة فتيات معدمات من أرياف اليابان وقراه المنسية بحثاً عن زوج يحفظ لهن عيشاً غير الذي كن يعشنه في مزارع الأرز البائسة . بنات أغلبهن عذارى يحملن صور أزواج لا يعرفنهم وألبسة تقليدية بسيطة ، وأشياء أخرى حميمة يحفظنها بين دفوف كتب من نوع " مرحبا أيتها الآنسات اليابانيات !" أو "دليل المسافر إلى أمريكا" ويخبئن بي الضلوع أسراراً لا يبحن بها لأحد ورغائب ومخاوف .رغائب أنثوية بفرحة العمر ، ومخاوف منح الجسد لرجل مجهول في بلد مجهول .

They used to tell stories about Shangri-La, a land of peace and prosperity hidden in the heights of the Himalayas. In the adventure that lies ahead, Janet Locke doesn't find the mythical city, but she does find a new, joyous existence up on the roof of the world.

Two young Chinese teenagers in 1937 rescue a British Freemason as the Japanese invaded China prior to World War II.