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La Main du Bouddha
by José Frèches, published on November 10, 2021 by Éditions XO éditions.
Her favorite quote:
A religion could not be decreed. And especially not the Noble Truths. It was a matter of soul, conscience, will, lucidity… and it could not follow from a simple legal measure.
Why this book?
Because as a connoisseur of China,
José Frèches, as usual, takes us along the Silk Roads, on the foothills of the Himalayas, in the remote provinces of this vast country to tell us a story.
Because what is at stake in this fiction
is the place that Buddhism will take, between the Taoists who have a cosmic vision of the human being and the followers of Confucius who respect tradition and the established order.
Because José Frèches wields his pen well
when it comes to talking about love between Lune Rousse and Nestor, but also the erotic games of the wren's concubines.
The essentials in 2 minutes
The plot.
In a kingdom of fragmented China, a love story between the daughter of a cruel wren and the son of a Christian bishop will erect Buddhism into a state religion.
Characters.
Lune Rousse daughter of the cruel Yoa Xing bloodthirsty king, Nestor son of the Christian bishop Nicodemus, Master K founder of the Monastery of the Hair in which he collected and raised Mâlâ with the Hundred and Eight Grains, the wise Gibbeux, the sect of the Yellow Turban, the Taoists and followers of Confucius.
Places.
The kingdom of the later Quin, near Tibet, and its capital Changhan the Monastery of the Hair in Koutcha.
The time.
500 AD.
The author.
Former president of Midi Libre, sinologist, José Frèches has written around forty novels, most of which are set in China.
This book was read with
circumspection because one gets lost between the names, the nicknames, the nicknames of the nicknames, the choral stories do not always fit together as easily as the puzzles.
Despite everything, the knowledge of oriental religions and of China, makes José Frèches an essential writer.
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