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Boccaccio and the Invention of Italian Literature
by Martin EisnerGiovanni Boccaccio played a pivotal role in the extraordinary emergence of the Italian literary tradition in the fourteenth century, not only as author of the Decameron, but also as scribe of Dante, Petrarch and Cavalcanti. Using a single codex written entirely in Boccaccio's hand, Martin Eisner brings together material philology and literary history to reveal the multiple ways Boccaccio authorizes this vernacular literary tradition. Each chapter offers a novel interpretation of Boccaccio as a biographer, storyteller, editor and scribe, who constructs arguments, composes narratives, compiles texts and manipulates material forms to legitimize and advance a vernacular literary canon. Situating these philological activities in the context of Boccaccio's broader reflections on poetry in the Decameron and the Genealogy of the Gentile Gods, the book produces a new portrait of Boccaccio that integrates his vernacular and Latin works, while also providing a new context for understanding his fictions.
Boccaccio's Fabliaux: Medieval Short Stories and the Function of Reversal
by Katherine Brown"A remarkably well-informed and truly innovative study of the way Boccaccio reimagined and rewrote Old French fabliaux in his Decameron."—François Rigolot, Princeton University"Theoretically savvy, and yet jargon-free, philologically impeccable and critically acute, this is a book that shows the author’s unflinching dedication to the highest standards of scholarship."—Simone Marchesi, author of Dante and Augustine"Brown’s attention to codicological contexts coupled with persuasive new interpretations of some of the fabliaux and Decameron stories make this book a pleasure to read for medievalist veterans and novices alike."—Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, author of Poets, Saints, and Visionaries of the Great Schism, 1378-1417Short works known for their humor and ribaldry, the fabliaux were comic or satirical tales told by wandering minstrels in medieval France. Although the fabliaux are widely acknowledged as inspiring Giovanni Boccaccio’s masterpiece, the Decameron, this theory has never been substantiated beyond perceived commonalities in length and theme. This new and provocative interpretation examines the formal similarities between the Decameron’s tales of wit, wisdom, and practical jokes and the popular thirteenth-century fabliaux.Katherine Brown examines these works through a prism of reversal and chiasmus to show that Boccaccio was not only inspired by the content of the fabliaux but also by their fundamental design--where a passage of truth could be read as a lie or a tale of life as a tale of death. Brown reveals close resemblances in rhetoric, literary models, and narrative structure to demonstrate how the Old French manuscripts of the fabliaux were adapted in the organization of the Decameron.Identifying specific examples of fabliaux transformed by Boccaccio for his classic Decameron, Brown shows how Boccaccio refashioned borrowed literary themes and devices, playing with endless possibilities of literary creation through manipulations of his model texts.Katherine A. Brown is a specialist of medieval French and Italian literature.
Boccaccio's Naked Muse
by Tobias Foster GittesGiovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) experimented with such a wide variety of genres that critics have tended to focus more on the differences among his works than on their underlying similarities. However, a more comprehensive examination of his corpus reveals that concealed beneath this striking diversity of subject and genre there is a coherent mythology, a virtual catalogue of innovative myths designed to more accurately reflect his cultural experience and better address the needs of his age. Exploring the most significant of these myths, Boccaccio's Naked Muse presents a writer who cast himself as the apostle of a new humanistic faith, one that would honour God by exalting his creation. Tobias Foster Gittes argues that Boccaccio did not simply reproduce Golden Age schemes in his works. Rather, he subtly altered and adapted them in order to produce a model of human beatitude more suited to his conviction that cultural achievement and human dignity are indissolubly linked. Gittes critiques common conceptions of Boccaccio's passivity, or his readiness to speak dismissively of his own work and to cast himself as a victim of vicious critics. Instead, Gittes shows that Boccaccio deliberately assumed this posture of passivity to align himself with a series of martyrs who, like him, had willingly suffered torments in the interest of cultural advancement. By venturing outside the Decameron to the Latin works, and outside the usual textual and intertextual readings of Boccaccio to more broadly cultural and anthropological material, Boccaccio's Naked Muse offers fresh insights on this hugely significant literary figure and his lifelong campaign to transform mythological traditions into a gift for all humanity.
Boccaccio: A Biography
by Marco SantagataA comprehensive biography of the celebrated author of the Decameron, a medieval masterpiece written in early Italian. Boccaccio (1313–75) stands with Dante and Petrarch as one of the “Three Crowns” of Italian letters, a trio of writers who shaped the history of humanism, literature, and poetry. In this book, Dante’s award-winning biographer, Marco Santagata, takes up the moving life and legacy of Boccaccio—whose unflinching story of a pandemic-era community (the Decameron) created new possibilities for vernacular Italian prose. This landmark biography sheds new light on Boccaccio’s life—his family, friends, and foes, his aspirations, fears, and frustrations—and it shows how he was affected by transformations in Italian society. It also charts the influences that shaped Boccaccio’s understanding of literature: what kinds of stories it could tell and what kinds of characters it could depict; and, perhaps most importantly, what role art could play in a changing world. An insightful portrait of one of literature’s most important figures, this book promises to be the definitive biography of Boccaccio for many years to come.
Boccaccio: A Critical Guide to the Complete Works
by Victoria Kirkham, Michael Sherberg, and Janet Levarie SmarrLong celebrated as one of “the Three Crowns” of Florence, Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–75) experimented widely with the forms of literature. His prolific and innovative writings—which range beyond the novella, from lyric to epic, from biography to mythography and geography, from pastoral and romance to invective—became powerful models for authors in Italy and across the Continent. This collection of essays presents Boccaccio’s life and creative output in its encyclopedic diversity. Exploring a variety of genres, Latin as well as Italian, it provides short descriptions of all his works, situates them in his oeuvre, and features critical expositions of their most salient features and innovations. Designed for readers at all levels, it will appeal to scholars of literature, medieval and Renaissance studies, humanism and the classical tradition; as well as European historians, art historians, and students of material culture and the history of the book. Anchored by an introduction and chronology, this volume contains contributions by prominent Boccaccio scholars in the United States, as well as essays by contributors from France, Italy, and the United Kingdom. The year 2013, Boccaccio’s seven-hundredth birthday, will be an important one for the study of his work and will see an increase in academic interest in reassessing his legacy.
Boccaccio’s Decameron And The Ciceronian Renaissance
by Michaela Paasche Grudin Robert GrudinBoccaccio's Decameron and the Ciceronian Renaissance demonstrates that Boccaccio's puzzling masterpiece takes on organic consistency when viewed as an early modern adaptation of a pre-Christian, humanistic vision.
Boccaccio’s Florence: Politics and People in His Life and Work (Toronto Italian Studies)
by Elsa FilosaBest known as the author of the Decameron, Giovanni Boccaccio is a key figure in Italian literature. In the mid-fourteenth century, however, Boccaccio was also deeply involved in the politics of Florence and the extent of his involvement steered and inspired his work as a writer. Boccaccio’s Florence explores the financial, political, and social turbulence of Florence at this time, as well as the major players in literary and political circles, to understand the complex ways they emerged in Boccaccio’s writing. Based on extensive archival research and close reading of Boccaccio’s works, the book aims to recover the dynamics of the Florentine conspiracy of 1360 and how this event affected Boccaccio’s writing, arguing that his works reveal clear references to this episode when read in light of the reconstructed historical context. In this rich and textured picture of the man in his time, Elsa Filosa documents a microhistory of connections and interconnections and offers new, more political and historically imbedded readings of Boccaccio’s seminal works.
Boceto
by Didi OviattCuando una chica local llamada Misty es encontrada muerta en un búnker subterráneo, el pueblo se ve envuelto en un torbellino de pánico y especulación. Los tiempos son difíciles, pero la comunidad espaciada de granjeros se une como una, tratando de descubrir quién es el culpable. Lanzados en medio del caos está un grupo de adolescentes: alborotadores locales, pero con buen corazón. Aunque son inocentes, los agentes de la ley locales creen lo contrario y el verdadero asesino acecha demasiado cerca como para sentirse cómodos. ¿Podrán los cuatro descubrir la verdad antes de que uno de ellos pague el precio de la muerte de Misty?
Bochica: A Novel
by Carolina Flórez-CerchiaroA real-life Latin American haunted mansion. A murky labyrinth of family secrets. A young, aristocratic woman desperate to escape her past. This haunting debut gothic horror novel is perfect for fans of Mexican Gothic and The Shining.In 1923 Soacha, Colombia, La Casona—an opulent mansion perched above the legendary Salto del Tequendama waterfall—was once home to Antonia and her family, who settle in despite their constant nightmares and the house&’s malevolent spirit. But tragedy strikes when Antonia&’s mother takes a fatal fall into El Salto and her father, consumed by grief, attempts to burn the house down with Antonia still inside. Three years later, haunted by disturbing dreams and cryptic journal entries from her late mother, Antonia is drawn back to her childhood home when it is converted into a luxurious hotel. As Antonia confronts her fragmented memories and the dark history of the estate, she wrestles with unsettling questions she can no longer ignore: Was her mother&’s death by her own hands, or was it by someone else&’s? In a riveting quest for answers, Antonia must navigate the shadows of La Casona, unearthing its darkest secrets and confronting a legacy that threatens to swallow her whole.
Bod XXIII: Indexes to the Bodleian Shelley Manuscripts with Addenda, Corrigenda, List of Watermarks, and Related Bodleian
by Tatsuo TokooGarland's magnificent facsimile series of the manuscripts of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley in the Bodleian Library, Oxford ( The Bodleian Shelley Manuscripts , 22 volumes, 1986-1997) is now made complete by the publication of its Index-volume. Volume XXIII provides the key to the contents of the Shelleyan notebooks and papers in all their complexity: poems, prose, translations, fragments, calculations, drawing and doodles, addresses and other miscellaneous jottings. The accumulated findings provide a treasure-trove of information about the Shelley's lives: their writings and readings, and echoes of classical and later authors; the people they met, corresponded with, rented houses from, or saw perform; the towns they visited, the very houses in which they lived, the lakes and rivers they sailed and the mountains they climbed. The intellectual and physical data of these manuscripts will help open new vistas for students of their lives, thought and creative writing.
Boda en el delta
by Eudora WeltyEn septiembre de 1923, la pequeña Laura McRaven viaja en tren hacia la plantación familiar en el corazón del delta del Mississippi. Allí la acogen los Fairchild, sus fascinantes y asombrosos parientes. Se han reunido todos para la boda de Dabney con el capataz Troy Flavin. Los sucesos cotidianos de esta familia sureña -excéntrica, orgullosa, cariñosa y peleadora- son descritos con viveza mientras el gran día se acerca... "Desde hace muchos años la lectura de Eudora Welty me produce una fascinación próxima al delirio." Sergio Pitol
Boda imposible
by Sharon Kendrick Luis PugniEra una aventura tan secreta como prohibida... Habiendo pasado su infancia en casas de acogida, Ashley Jones no tenía a nadie y necesitaba desesperadamente aquel nuevo puesto de trabajo como secretaria de un escritor. Pero se quedó impresionada al llegar a la aislada mansión Blackwood y, sobre todo, al conocer al formidable Jack Marchant. A pesar de sus inseguridades, el atormentado Jack Marchant le robó el corazón de inmediato. No sabía qué secretos escondía aquel hombre tan huraño, pero un beso se convirtió en una tórrida aventura...
Bodacious Bo The Pound Prince: The Pound Prince
by Pat BeckerCrossbred between English and German Shorthaired pointers, precocious puppy Bodacious Bo appears destined for fame in the world of fieldtrial champions. But misfortune strikes, pushing young Bo into a harsh world far different from the life he had been groomed for. He finds himself in the unforgiving world of nature where his instinctive skills as a sporting dog will be used for survival. Fate returns him to the complicated world of people, where he searches for a "forever home" and to fulfill his destiny as a champion in the world of sporting dogs. 'A captivating read for all dog lovers...a bittersweet tale of adventure, loss and love. The illustrations are charming!' - Marilyn King, Publisher TulsaPets Magazine & OKC Pets Magazine Tulsa, Oklahoma
Bodas de odio
by Florencia BonelliUna historia de pasión e intriga en la época de Juan Manuel de Rosas. En 1847, don Juan Manuel de Rosas gobierna la Confederación Argentina desde Buenos Aires con mano férrea. Algunas provincias se alzan en su contra y forjan una alianza con el fin de derrocarlo. En esa época de conflictos sangrientos, lealtades e intrigas, la joven Fiona Malone sólo espera enamorarse, como lo ha hecho su amiga Camila O'Gorman. Pero un apuesto y enigmático hombre, don Juan Cruz de Silva, perteneciente al círculo íntimo de Rosas, se cruzará en su camino para desbaratar sus planes. Fiona Malone pronto se verá atrapada en un mundo de odio, pasión, intrigas y peligros que rodean a un hombre de la talla de Juan Cruz de Silva.
Bodas de sangre | Yerma (Teatro completo #3)
by Federico García LorcaBodas de sangre | Yerma es el sexto volumen de la Biblioteca Federico García Lorca y el tercero de los que reúnen su «Teatro completo». En este volumen se ofrecen al lector clásicos lorquianos como Bodas de sangre y Yerma. Asimismo, se incluyen conferencias y charlas ofrecidas por el poeta en torno a sus textos, lo que permite una aproximación aún más personal a su obra. La edición y los prólogos, a cargo de Miguel García-Posada, permiten al lector acercarse a la complejidad de su obra y disfrutar, a lo largo de los siete volúmenes que componen esta Biblioteca Federico García Lorca, de uno de los autores españoles más relevantes del siglo XX. «Una de las finalidades que persigo con mi teatro es precisamente aspaventar y aterrar un poco. Estoy seguro y contento de escandalizar. Quiero provocar revulsivos, a ver si se vomita de una vez todo lo malo del teatro actual.»Federico García Lorca --------------------------------------------------------------------------BIBLIOTECA FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA Poesía competa:1. Libro de poemas | Primeras canciones | Canciones2. Romancero gitano | Poema del cante jondo3. Poeta en Nueva York | Sonetos Teatro completo:4. La zapatera prodigiosa | Mariana Pineda5. El público | Así que pasen cinco años6. Bodas de sangre | Yerma7. La casa de Bernarda Alba | Doña Rosita la soltera--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bodas de sangre | Yerma (Teatro completo #Volumen 3)
by Federico García LorcaBodas de sangre | Yerma es el sexto volumen de la Biblioteca Federico García Lorca y el tercero de los que reúnen su «Teatro completo». En este volumen se ofrecen al lector clásicos lorquianos como Bodas de sangre y Yerma. Asimismo, se incluyen conferencias y charlas ofrecidas por el poeta en torno a sus textos, lo que permite una aproximación aún más personal a su obra.La edición y los prólogos, a cargo de Miguel García-Posada, permiten al lector acercarse a la complejidad de su obra y disfrutar, a lo largo de los siete volúmenes que componen esta Biblioteca Federico García Lorca, de uno de los autores españoles más relevantes del siglo XX. «Una de las finalidades que persigo con mi teatro es precisamente aspaventar y aterrar un poco. Estoy seguro y contento de escandalizar. Quiero provocar revulsivos, a ver si se vomita de una vez todo lo malo del teatro actual.»Federico García Lorca --------------------------------------------------------------------------BIBLIOTECA FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA Poesía competa:1. Libro de poemas | Primeras canciones | Canciones2. Romancero gitano | Poema del cante jondo3. Poeta en Nueva York | SonetosTeatro completo:4. La zapatera prodigiosa | Mariana Pineda5. El público | Así que pasen cinco años6. Bodas de sangre | Yerma7. La casa de Bernarda Alba | Doña Rosita la soltera--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bodas de ódio: Novela romântica histórica
by Cathryn De BourghDeixando para trás a mansão da Rosa, sua casa de infância, Angélica faz uma longa viagem à Toscana para casar-se com o herdeiro do Conde Borromeo, uma família de linhagem orgulhosa. Parece um conto de fadas, a mansão, a noiva e o noivo tão jovens e apaixonados. Mas tudo muda de repente e o conto de fadas torna-se algo de que ninguém teria suspeitado. Em uma paixão oculta e proibida. Angélica luta para cumprir sua promessa de ser uma boa esposa. Mas aquele homem a tenta como o diabo, seu olhar a enfeitiça, a envolve e parece não estar disposto a deixá-la ir...
Bodas y El verano
by Albert CamusDos libros escritos en distintos momentos de la vida de Albert Camus, reunidos más tarde por su autor en un volumen a la vez íntimo y universal. Publicadas con quince años de diferencia y al cabo reunidas en un solo volumen por el autor, las colecciones de ensayos Bodas (1939) y El verano (1954) revelan las corrientes ocultas de la obra del autor. Bodas, centrado en su Argelia natal, ofrece una visión vitalista de la juventud y celebra la fuerza del paisaje. En El verano, un Camus ya maduro extiende su reflexión al ámbito del mundo moderno y la guerra, los mitos y la historia, el pensamiento clásico y la permanencia de la razón. El conjunto es un volumen a un tiempo íntimo y universal, una pequeña obra maestra que dialoga con las obras más conocidas del Premio Nobel. Sobre la obra:«Un Camus de luz y calor. Un Camus que filosofa sobre el "cuerpo desnudo", todavía "perfumado por las esencias de la tierra".»Bernard-Henri Lévy Dos libros escritos en distintos momentos de la vida de Albert Camus, reunidos más tarde por su autor en un volumen a la vez íntimo y universal. Publicadas con quince años de diferencia y al cabo reunidas en un solo volumen por el autor, las colecciones de ensayos Bodas (1939) y El verano (1954) revelan las corrientes ocultas de la obra del autor. Bodas, centrado en su Argelia natal, ofrece una visión vitalista de la juventud y celebra la fuerza del paisaje. En El verano, un Camus ya maduro extiende su reflexión al ámbito del mundo moderno y la guerra, los mitos y la historia, el pensamiento clásico y la permanencia de la razón. El conjunto es un volumen a un tiempo íntimo y universal, una pequeña obra maestra que dialoga con las obras más conocidas del Premio Nobel. Sobre la obra:«Un Camus de luz y calor. Un Camus que filosofa sobre el "cuerpo desnudo", todavía "perfumado por las esencias de la tierra".»Bernard-Henri Lévy
Bodega Cats: Just Kitten Around (Bodega Cats)
by Hilda Eunice BurgosIn the Heights meets Front Desk in this heartwarming and funny illustrated story about the friendship between a bodega owner's anxious kid and her newly-adopted mischievous kitten.Everyone thinks Yesenia is calm, collected, and crushing it. But really, her stomach is constantly a ball of nerves. With parents who left their home in the Dominican Republic to make a better life for their kids, and three perfect, over-achieving older sisters, Yesenia can't let anyone know about the anxiety that’s causing her to fall behind in school. When her doctor tells her parents that taking care of an animal could help, little did they know her newly adopted kitten would be such a mischievous influence.All kitten Candy can think about is adventure–and what’s she supposed to do when her owner is cooped up inside helping at the bodega? But when Candy escapes and gets lost in New York City for a night, she realizes maybe the big open world isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Can these two find a way out of feeling so lost, as long they’re together?
Bodega Cats: Picture Purrfect (Bodega Cats #1)
by Hilda Eunice BurgosIn the Heights meets Front Desk in this heartwarming and funny illustrated story about the friendship between a bodega owner's kid and his newly-adopted furry friend, with a focus on family and community.Miguel Rosado wants nothing more than to see and draw the world… or, at least anywhere beyond the four walls of his family’s bodega in Washington Heights. Too bad his mami and papi have him working long hours after school, hoping he’ll appreciate the sacrifices they’ve made to keep the store afloat. For street-savvy and newly-adopted cat Lolo, that sounds just perfect if it means he’s far, far away from the hungry, lonely nights he once spent in the freezing cold outdoors.But when Miguel ditches his responsibilities and lies to his parents about joining art club, his dream of juggling it all comes crashing down. Lolo will have to decide if he's willing to be there for his new friend Miguel through anything—even venturing back into the frightful outdoors and busy New York City sidewalks. Can they trust each other enough to take on this adventure together?
Bodega Dreams
by Ernesto B. Quinonez"A new and authentic voice of the urban Latino experience." --Esmeralda Santiago, author of When I Was Puerto RicanIn a stunning narrative combining the gritty rhythms of Junot Diaz with the noir genius of Walter Mosley, Bodega Dreams announces the arrival of a writer who The Village Voice has already hailed as "a Writer on the Verge."The word is out in Spanish Harlem: Willy Bodega is king. Need college tuition for your daughter? Start-up funds for your fruit stand? Bodega can help. He gives everyone a leg up, in exchange only for loyalty--and a steady income from the drugs he pushes.Lyric, inspired, and darkly funny, this powerful debut novel brilliantly evokes the trial of Chino, a smart, promising young man to whom Bodega turns for a favor. Chino is drawn to Bodega's street-smart idealism, but soon finds himself over his head, navigating an underworld of switchblade tempers, turncoat morality, and murder.
Bodega Dreams: A Novel
by Ernesto Quinonez"A new and authentic voice of the urban Latino experience. " --Esmeralda Santiago, author of When I Was Puerto Rican. In a stunning narrative combining the gritty rhythms of Junot Diaz with the noir genius of Walter Mosley, Bodega Dreams announces the arrival of a writer who The Village Voice has already hailed as "a Writer on the Verge." The word is out in Spanish Harlem: Willy Bodega is king. Need college tuition for your daughter? Start-up funds for your fruit stand? Bodega can help. He gives everyone a leg up, in exchange only for loyalty--and a steady income from the drugs he pushes. Lyric, inspired, and darkly funny, this powerful debut novel brilliantly evokes the trial of Chino, a smart, promising young man to whom Bodega turns for a favor. Chino is drawn to Bodega's street-smart idealism, but soon finds himself over his head, navigating an underworld of switchblade tempers, turncoat morality, and murder.
Bodh ke Vividh Rang: बोध के विविध रंग
by Kusumlata Malikकुसुमलता मलिकजी ने अपने जीवन के लंबे रंगानुभव को 'बोध के विविध रंग' के रूप में पाठकों के हाथों में सौंपा है। नाटक अपने समय और समाज का होता है। समय की तीव्र गति समाज के ठहराव में हलचल पैदा करती है। इस हलचल से जो संबंध बनते-बिगड़ते हैं, नाटक में ही नहीं वरन् साहित्य की प्रत्येक विधा में उन्हीं की छवि प्रतिभासित होती है। आभास और प्रत्याभास से संयुक्त अहसास को प्रस्तुत पुस्तक में रखने की कोशिश की है। जिस तरह नाटक में साहित्य की समस्त विधाएँ अपना रूपाकार खोकर नाटक से एकात्म अर्थात् एकाकार हो जाती हैं, ठीक वैसे ही पाठकों को कृति सौंपकर कृतिकार भी स्वयं को खो देता है। खोने के इस आनंद का अनुभव समय-समय पर आगत पाठकों की प्रतिक्रियाओं से होता है।
Bodhi Sees the World: Thailand
by Marisa Aragón WareTravel with Bodhi through seek-and-find illustrations as she takes a plane, boat, and tuk-tuk to explore a new country and culture in vibrant, bustling Bangkok, Thailand.Bodhi is high above the clouds, in a plane on her way to Thailand. She's never been to the city named Bangkok, and she's not certain what sights, sounds, and experiences await her there. Stepping into the streets, Bodhi suddenly finds herself a long way from home and not sure if she belongs in this new place. The city is a symphony of noises with horns beeping, engines roaring, and people speaking in Thai. But after visiting the golden temple and quieting her mind, Bodhi begins to see that Thailand is not that different from home after all. Trees still grow tall, kids play games just like her friends, and a smile is the same in every language. With this new outlook, Bodhi opens her heart to the kindness and compassion already within and realizes that even though she is far away from the place she calls home, she is right where she belongs amongst the busy streets, Loi Krathong celebrations, and floating markets of Bangkok. Bodhi Sees the World shares with children:A list of facts and information about the important landmarks and places Bodhi visits, including the Emerald Buddha, the Grand Palace, the Chao Phraya River, and the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market;How to say basic greetings and phrases in Thai;And introduces a new culture and customs.
Bodhisattva Blues
by Edward Canfor-DumasEd is stuck in a rut - his part-time 'career' is going nowhere, his love life's a joke and his wallet's always empty.The thing about a rut, though, is at least you know where you are.So when Ed runs into an old acquaintance and is sucked into a drama of street crime and high-stakes property dealings, he turns to the principles that once served him well. Except - he's not sure if he can still trust them, especially as his Buddhist practice is a bit on the rusty side...Written by Edward Canfor-Dumas, award-winning screen writer and novelist, this is an urban story with a twist and a wry appreciation of the challenges we face every day - whether we're muddling by, or, like Ed, suffering from a severe case of the bodhisattva blues...A book for everyone who's ever wondered whether enlightenment really is compatible with the daily commute.