Deep River - Shusaku Endo

Category: Literature, Novel, Spiritual & Religious
Language: English
Keywords: 1980s Buddism Catholicism Ganges Grief & Loss Hinduism India Japanese Pantheism Trauma/PTSD

Written by Shusaku Endo
Read by David Holt
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

The story traces the journey of four Japanese tourists on tour in India. Each goes to India for different purposes and with different expectations. Set against the backdrop of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination, each traveler finds his or her own spiritual discovery on the banks of the Ganges River.

Translated from the Japanese by Van C. Gessel

8 hrs and 37 mins
January 25, 2010