The Arimaspian Eye

Hardback Published on: 22/10/1992
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Synopsis

A philosophy professor's intellectual life unravels into a transformative journey that bridges Western thought and tantric Buddhism, blurring the line between lived experience and philosophical inquiry.

Michael Evers, a philosophy professor steeped in Western thought and quiet indulgence, finds himself drawn into a series of strange, provocative, and transformative encounters. As his path unfolds, the boundaries between scholarship and experience dissolve, leading him toward a radically different way of seeing-one shaped by the paradoxes and disciplines of tantric Buddhism.

Blending vivid narrative with profound philosophical inquiry, The Arimaspian Eye is not a conventional novel. It is an exploration-of consciousness, of culture, and of the uneasy dialogue between East and West. Through episodes that are by turns playful, unsettling, and illuminating, David L. Hall crafts a work that challenges the limits of fiction itself.

At once a novel of ideas, an academic satire, and a spiritual odyssey, this is a book for readers willing to venture beyond plot into deeper terrain-where thought becomes action, and understanding demands transformation.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • ISBN: 9780791413074
  • Number of pages: 423
  • Dimensions: 230 x 158 x 30 mm
  • Weight: 762g
  • Languages: English