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Evelyn in transit : a novel / David Guterson.
Van Pelt Library PS3557.U846 E94 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guterson, David, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mothers and sons--Fiction.
- Mothers and sons.
- Lamas--Fiction.
- Lamas.
- Buddhism--Fiction.
- Buddhism.
- Life change events--Fiction.
- Life change events.
- West (U.S.)--Fiction.
- West (U.S.).
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Fiction.
- Tibet Autonomous Region (China).
- Domestic fiction, American.
- Reincarnation--Fiction.
- Reincarnation.
- Spiritual life--Fiction.
- Spiritual life.
- Genre:
- Psychological fiction.
- Domestic fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 256 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2026]
- Summary:
- A contemporary novel by Laura Imai Messina that follows Evelyn Bednarz, a young woman who leaves conventional life behind to travel across the American West, taking odd jobs and exploring her own values. Parallel to her story is Tsering, a boy raised as a Buddhist monk in Tibet who eventually becomes a high lama. Their lives intersect when Buddhist lamas reveal that Evelyn’s five-year-old son, Cliff, is the reincarnation of a recently deceased lama, setting off personal, familial, and public challenges. The novel explores themes of identity, spirituality, cultural encounters, and the pursuit of a meaningful life.
- Notes:
- "Inspired in part by actual events"--Author.
- ISBN:
- 9781324111054
- 1324111054
- OCLC:
- 1519450679
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