Longing for Darkness
China Galland. Penguin Books, $16 (416pp) ISBN 978-0-14-012184-1
Galland's fascination with Tara, the female Buddha of Tibetan tradition, and Kali, the black Hindu goddess, led her from India to Switzerland and Poland on a search for other black images of divinity. ``Blending travelogue, free-floating meditation, autobiography and adventure, her intensely personal narrative is a disquieting spiritual odyssey,'' said PW. Photos. (Sept.)
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Reviewed on: 09/02/1991
Genre: Religion
Hardcover - 392 pages - 978-0-670-82818-0