A Bad Beginning and the Path to Islam (Hardcover)

Now in his 80s, Gai Eaton describes how, after a strange childhood completely isolated from other children, followed by a Cambridge education and life as an actor and later as a diplomat, circumstances led him at the age of 30 to Islam. Fascinated by the vagaries of human behavior and the strangeness of human destinies, he has observed the human scene with a novelist's eye and traced the profound changes in attitudes and tastes which have taken place in a single lifetime. He recounts his youthful adventures with the clear-sight and understanding only possible for someone whom age has freed from the passions which once possessed him. What makes this work unique is the juxtaposition of hindsight with diary entries made at the time, which gives a quality of immediacy to a true story that includes reminiscences of the diplomatic life and an outline of the Sufi path.

General

Imprint:	Archetype
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2010
First published:	October 2009
Authors:	Gai Eaton
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-1-901383-32-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Religious & spiritual Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Islam Books > Biography > Religious & spiritual Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Islam
LSN:	1-901383-32-6
Barcode:	9781901383324

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