The Great Refusal, Being Letters of a Dreamer in Gotham (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Paul Elmer More

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331031664 ISBN 13 : 9781331031666

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A gain, a third time, not long before his death, I met him in his own home under circumstances peculiarly tr3ring. It was shortly after the last letter in this collection was written, and when he had completely withdrawn himself from the world in order to follow out certain oriental notions concerning the spiritual life. I was the bearer of a message of the utmost delicacy. He received me cordially, with the precise and impressive manner habitual to men who pass their time among books, and I think divined at once the reason of my visit. For the sake of privacy, perhaps, he led me into his library, a large rectangular room on the second floor, from whose windows I could see the sparkling water of the bay, and afar off the smoke of the great city. I observed here, for the first time in my life, the subduing, almost melancholy, effect of the view of many vessels passing s Hently before our gaze. The room itself was plainly furnished, with bookshelves built against the walls and reaching almost to the ceiling. Several large photographs from the Buddhist monasteries, and a watercolor presenting our friend, were the only pictures ;indeed, his books left little space for ornaments. Only one object struck me as at all bizarre: on the mantel was a carefully mounted death s-head, with a short inscription in crimson paint across the forehead. The characters were Sanscrit, as I suspected.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331031664
• ISBN 13: 9781331031666
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 161
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