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001			on1057859029
003			OCoLC
005			20190821131909.0
008			181128s2019 cou b 000 0aeng c
010			_a 2018049034
040			_aLBSOR/DLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dBDX _dTOH _dOCLCF _dJTH _dUAP _dDLC _dOCLCO _dNFG
019			_a1107638888
020			_a9781611807295 _q(pbk. : alk. paper)
020			_a1611807298
035			_a(OCoLC)1057859029 _z(OCoLC)1107638888
042			_apcc
092			_a294.3927 _bS526
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aShainberg, Lawrence, _d1936- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aFour men shaking : _bSearching for Sanity with Samuel Beckett, Norman Mailer, and My Perfect Zen Teacher / _cLawrence Shainberg.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aBoulder : _bShambhala, _c2019.
300			_a134 pages ; _c18 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_a"Due to what he calls his "inexplicably good karma," writer Lawrence Shainberg's life has been filled with relationships with legendary writers and renowned Buddhist teachers. In this engaging memoir, Shainberg weaves together the narratives of three of these relationships: his literary friendships with Samuel Beckett and Norman Mailer, and his long teacher-student relationship with the Japanese Zen master Kyudo Nakagawa. In Shainberg's lifelong pursuit of both writerly success and Zen equanimity, each of these men come to represent an important aspect of his experience. The brash, combative Mailer becomes a symbol in Shainberg's mind for the Buddhist concept of "form," while the elusive and self-deprecating Beckett seems to him to embody "emptiness." Through it all is Nakagawa, the earthy, direct Zen teacher continuously encouraging Shainberg to let go of his endless rumination and accept the present as it is"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aShainberg, Lawrence, _d1936-
650		0	_aSpiritual life _xZen Buddhism.
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c296927 _d296927