William Scott Wilson
Autore di The Lone Samurai: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi
Sull'Autore
William Scott Wilson was born in 1944 and grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As an undergraduate student at Dartmouth College in 1966, he was invited by a friend to join a three-month kayak trip up the coast of Japan from Shimonoseki to Tokyo. This eye-opening journey, beautifully documented in mostra altro National Geographic magazine, spurred Wilson's fascination with the culture and history of Japan mostra meno
Opere di William Scott Wilson
Opere correlate
Sogni: scritti di un maestro zen a un maestro di spada (1986) — Traduttore, alcune edizioni — 543 copie
The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts and Other Tales (2012) — Traduttore, alcune edizioni — 32 copie
Master of the Three Ways: Reflections of a Chinese Sage on Living a Satisfying Life (2012) — Traduttore — 17 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Wilson, William Scott
- Data di nascita
- 1944-02-21
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA (grew up)
Miami, Florida, USA - Istruzione
- Dartmouth College (BA)
Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies (BA)
University of Washington (1979|MA) - Attività lavorative
- translator (Japanese - English)
consulate specialist - Organizzazioni
- Consulate General of Japan in Seattle
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 16
- Opere correlate
- 19
- Utenti
- 587
- Popolarità
- #42,723
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 13
- ISBN
- 26
- Lingue
- 5
- Preferito da
- 1
If you have a dogma you're not a liberal, you're a conservative.
PS. Having pictures doesn't make it a graphic novel. Novels have narrative, a story. The Tao Te Ching could be retold as a story but that would likely obscure the message. Regardless this did NOT have a narrative and is not a novel, it's the Tao Te Ching with pictures and leftist dogma.
PPS. I may be overly harsh above regarding dogma but that's how I remember it. I'll try to take another look.
2023-12-02: I didn't remember it and checked it out again, we'll see how that goes.
2023-12-06: I'm basically reading it as I pass through the kitchen. I'm at #4 (5?). #1 was way off. #2 or 3 compared Mao (a murdering ass clown) to the Master. Yeah, I'm not sure they read the same Tao Te Ching I did.
2023-12-29: It went back last weekend. I did a quick flip through and I don't think anyone involved has read the Tao Te Ching with any understanding.… (altro)