{"product_id":"dasjati-s-p-somtow-9781940999432","title":"DasJati: Halfway to Heaven: A Photographic Report on the Ten Lives of the Buddha Project","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's a daring adventure, a breathtaking leap of ambition, an amazing \"gift to the world\" from a small country that may seem to some to be far from the world's operatic center.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a new way to bring to news audiences the most iconic stories of Theravada Buddhism, told and retold for thousands of years, in the language of music, singing, drama, and dance, a language that belongs to every culture in the world -- yet the particular dialect of this language is equal parts Asia and Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHalfway through this journey, let's take a moment to look at all that has already been achieved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive linked works of music drama -- from the oratorio-like \u003cem\u003eMahajanaka \u003c\/em\u003eto the intimate chamber opera \u003cem\u003eThe Silent Prince, \u003c\/em\u003efrom the childlike simplicity of \u003cem\u003eThe Faithful Son \u003c\/em\u003eto the convoluted machinations of \u003cem\u003eThe Dragon Lord, \u003c\/em\u003eto the cosmic allegory of \u003cem\u003eChariot of Heaven.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere has been a hiatus for almost two years, but now it's time for final five music dramas to emerge, and 2019 will see premieres of two of them: the short ballet \u003cem\u003eChandakumar \u003c\/em\u003eand the magically complex \u003cem\u003eArchitect of Dreams. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. P. Somtow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 194099943X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781940999432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Diplodocus Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.38d","brand":"S. P. Somtow","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453973770495,"sku":"9781940999432","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef2627b9-a911-473e-931d-b039c92936cd.jpg?v=1777303378","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dasjati-s-p-somtow-9781940999432","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}