Review: Nine Lives
User Review - Malyajnarwaley - GoodreadsThis book shows amazing ability of William Dalrymple for travel writing with an extreme sensitive depth of perceptions for Indian under-belly social practices. With this book William has accomplished ... Read full review
Review: Nine Lives
User Review - Shalini M - Goodreads'Nine Lives' is the first book by Dalrymple that I have read. I had never been motivated to pick his works before, as they were mostly historic works, which I am not very fond of. I also think I was ... Read full review
Review: Nine Lives
User Review - Aliya - GoodreadsI picked up Nine Lives yesterday afternoon, planning to read one story from the nine in there. I had finished the book a few hours later! That itself ought to speak volumes about the writing. I may ... Read full review
Review: Nine Lives
User Review - Harsh - GoodreadsInformative, well-written, but lacks heart. None of the stories touched me. A little disappointed, maybe because as William comments in the beginning, he has tried to keep himself in the background ... Read full review
Review: Nine Lives
User Review - Craig Foster - GoodreadsPicked up this book before my second trip to India. It contains nine well-researched sketches of figures of the diverse religious traditions in South Asia (mostly India, but parts of tales take place ... Read full review
Review: Nine Lives
User Review - Craig - GoodreadsPicked up this book before my second trip to India. It contains nine well-researched sketches of figures of the diverse religious traditions in South Asia (mostly India, but parts of tales take place ... Read full review
Review: Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
User Review - Mike - GoodreadsThoreau writes, “Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?” I would add: could there be a better way to gain insight into the lives of religious ... Read full review
Review: Nine Lives
User Review - Smriti - GoodreadsA brilliant narrative that captures the diversity, harmony and the unexplainable oddities seen everyday throughout India.It gives an honest account of nine different lives, focusing on the impact of ... Read full review
Review: Nine Lives
User Review - Michal Thoma - GoodreadsExcellent insignt to colorful mosaic of Indian spirituality. The author has understanding and compassion with his subject and let them speak while himself stays in background. This book is more then ... Read full review
Review: Nine Lives
User Review - Brenda C Kayne - GoodreadsA young woman who spent a couple of years in India doing a social work internship told me that this book was a true picture of how India really is. The intensity and variety of deep religious ... Read full review
