To the Far Side of Planet Earth: A Peace Corps Memoir

Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book To the Far Side of Planet Earth: A Peace Corps Memoir by Jim McConkey, Infinity Publishing
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Author: Jim McConkey ISBN: 9780741476586
Publisher: Infinity Publishing Publication: August 6, 2012
Imprint: Infinity Publishing Language: English
Author: Jim McConkey
ISBN: 9780741476586
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Publication: August 6, 2012
Imprint: Infinity Publishing
Language: English
A young idealist sets out to save the world and barely manages to save himself. "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" gets "Lost in Translation." His Peace Corps mission transmutes into a Quest for the Truth and ends with an excursion into insanity. India's Earth-Goddess mythology unravels his American, Sky-God belief system. It doesn't matter whether we cleave to our systems or not (he doesn't), they inform our outlooks regardless. Nothing says it better than this tale. He begins as an unbeliever, and is undone by themes from his own religious tradition anyway.
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A young idealist sets out to save the world and barely manages to save himself. "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" gets "Lost in Translation." His Peace Corps mission transmutes into a Quest for the Truth and ends with an excursion into insanity. India's Earth-Goddess mythology unravels his American, Sky-God belief system. It doesn't matter whether we cleave to our systems or not (he doesn't), they inform our outlooks regardless. Nothing says it better than this tale. He begins as an unbeliever, and is undone by themes from his own religious tradition anyway.

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