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Rivers of Light - The Life of Claire Myers Owens (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,082
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Rivers of Light - The Life of Claire Myers Owens (Hardcover): Miriam Kalman Friedman

Rivers of Light - The Life of Claire Myers Owens (Hardcover)

Miriam Kalman Friedman

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Growing up in a conservative, middle-class family in Texas, Claire Myers Owens sought adventure and freedom at an early age. At twenty years old, she left home and quickly found a community of like-minded free spirits and intellectuals in New York's Greenwich Village. There Owens wrote novels and short stories, including the controversial novel The Unpredictable Adventure: A Comedy of Woman's Independence, which was banned by the New York Public Library for its ""risque"" content. Drawn to ideals of selfactualization and creative freedom, Owens became a key figure in the Human Potential Movement along with founder Abraham Maslow and Aldous Huxley, and became an ardent follower of Carl Jung. In her later years, Owens devoted her life to the practice of Zen Buddhism, moving to Rochester, NY, where she joined the Zen Center and studied under Roshi Philip Kapleau. She published her final book, Zen and the Lady, at the age of eighty-three. Friedman's rediscovery of Owens brings well-deserved attention to her little known yet extraordinary life and passionate spirit. Drawing upon autobiographies, letters, journals, and novels, Friedman chronicles Owens's robust intellect and her tumultuous private life and, along the way, shows readers what makes her story significant. With very few role models in the early twentieth century, Owens blazed her own path of independence and enlightenment.

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Imprint: Syracuse University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: March 2019
Authors: Miriam Kalman Friedman
Dimensions: 229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 978-0-8156-3633-5
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Literary
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > Zen Buddhism
Books > Biography > Literary
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > Zen Buddhism
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LSN: 0-8156-3633-4
Barcode: 9780815636335

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