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The author, Mark Matousek, writes of his struggle to live an enlightened life in a desacralized and brutal age. He tells the story of his spiritual awakening, free of religious piety and founded on principles of passion, mystery, sacredness and bliss.
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An edgy, no-holds-barred, post-modern memoir that moves with ease from the gritty details of a harrowing childhood, to the soulless meanderings of a young man "making it" in New York City, to the soaring search for meaning.
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Mark Matousek has written for Details, Harper's Bazaar, The Village Voice, Common Boundary, Poz, Utne Reader, and many other publications. A former senior editor of Interview magazine, he has contributed essays to numerous anthologies. He is the author of Sex Death Englightenment, which was nominated for two Books for a Better Life awards. Matousek divides his time between New York City and East Hampton, New York.
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- PublisherJudy Piatkus Publishers Ltd
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0749916834
- ISBN 13 9780749916831
- BindingPaperback
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