{"product_id":"the-upsidedown-buddha-parables-fables-9780761854050","title":"The UpsideDown Buddha Parables  Fables","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn The Upside-Down Buddha: Parables \u0026amp; Fables: Third Series, Steven Carter continues to breathe new life into two of the world's oldest art forms. By turns hilarious, poignant, and profound, the entries in The Upside-Down Buddha are certain to instruct and entertain a diverse modern audience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerfect little stories. -- Alex Stein, co-editor of Short Flights: 25 Aphorists\u003cbr\u003eSteven Carter has acquitted himself well. -- James Geary, author of All Aphorisms, All The Time and Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists\u003cbr\u003eSteven Carter's triumph is to have established a sort of universal ethic of 'how to be,' while promoting at the same time a holistic view of human beings in individual social, cultural, and psychological contexts. -- Amelia de Moura Tavares, University of Lisbon\u003cbr\u003eExquisite. -- Glenn Lucke, University of Virginia\u003cbr\u003eTo their credit, Steven Carter's books make honorable attempts to shore against our ruins a devotion to the powers of erudition, critical analysis, and judgment. In the words of Ezra Pound in Canto LXXXI, 'Here error is all in the not done, all in the diffidence that faltered. . .' For Steven Carter, these are words to live by. -- Edwin J. Barton, Bakersfield College\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Steven Carter's previous book, Judgment of the Crows: I have Judgment of the Crows on my night table and read twenty or so pages a night. . . . The work is smooth and wonderfully convoluted . . . mysteriously complex and completely delightful. -- Thomas Cobb, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eCrazy Heart\u003ci\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShavetail\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Author's Note to the Reader Part 3 Book One Part 4 Book Two Part 5 Other Improvisations on Fables by Ambrose Bierce Chapter 6 About the Author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Hamilton Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037864198487,"sku":"9780761854050","price":36.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761854050.jpg?v=1750937893","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-upsidedown-buddha-parables-fables-9780761854050","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}