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Ultimate Journey

Retracing the Path of an Ancient Buddhist Monk Who Crossed Asia in Search of Enlightenment

Part of Vintage Departures

Author Richard Bernstein
Paperback
$19.00 US
Knopf | Vintage
On sale Feb 05, 2002 | 368 Pages | 9780679781578
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Richard Bernstein, Time magazine’s first Beijing bureau chief and currently a New York Times book critic, has written a profoundly original account of a journey that is as much a spiritual and intellectual odyssey as it is a physical one.

In 629, the great Buddhist monk Hsuan Tsang set out across Asia in search of the Ultimate Truth. At the end of his arduous sixteen-year journey, he wrote an account that is considered a classic of Chinese literature. In 1998, Bernstein set out to retrace the Hsuan Tsang’s route. It was a trip beset with political and cultural difficulties. Ultimate Journey is a fascinating juxtaposition of the two journeys, a marvelous travelogue that is inspiring.

“Wonderful…. Deserves to become a classic in its own right.”—The New York Times Book Review

“An engaging read, a trek that rewards with its richly tapestried background and its refreshing pauses for thoughtful historical and aesthetic insight.”—Los Angeles Times
© Michael Lionstar
RICHARD BERNSTEIN has been a reporter, culture critic, and commentator for more than thirty years. He was a foreign correspondent in Asia and Europe for Time and The New York Times, and was the first bureau chief in China for Time. He is the author of several books, among them China 1945; A Girl Named Faithful Plum; Ultimate Journey, a New York Times Best Book of the Year; and Out of the Blue, named one of the seven best books of the year by The Boston Globe. He lives in New York City. View titles by Richard Bernstein

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Richard Bernstein, Time magazine’s first Beijing bureau chief and currently a New York Times book critic, has written a profoundly original account of a journey that is as much a spiritual and intellectual odyssey as it is a physical one.

In 629, the great Buddhist monk Hsuan Tsang set out across Asia in search of the Ultimate Truth. At the end of his arduous sixteen-year journey, he wrote an account that is considered a classic of Chinese literature. In 1998, Bernstein set out to retrace the Hsuan Tsang’s route. It was a trip beset with political and cultural difficulties. Ultimate Journey is a fascinating juxtaposition of the two journeys, a marvelous travelogue that is inspiring.

“Wonderful…. Deserves to become a classic in its own right.”—The New York Times Book Review

“An engaging read, a trek that rewards with its richly tapestried background and its refreshing pauses for thoughtful historical and aesthetic insight.”—Los Angeles Times

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© Michael Lionstar
RICHARD BERNSTEIN has been a reporter, culture critic, and commentator for more than thirty years. He was a foreign correspondent in Asia and Europe for Time and The New York Times, and was the first bureau chief in China for Time. He is the author of several books, among them China 1945; A Girl Named Faithful Plum; Ultimate Journey, a New York Times Best Book of the Year; and Out of the Blue, named one of the seven best books of the year by The Boston Globe. He lives in New York City. View titles by Richard Bernstein

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