A vivid chronicle of what became a 25-state, coast-to-coast adventure, Aama in America gives an alternately rollicking and profound account of an 84-year-old Himalayan woman's first journey across America--and of the insights she offered her America companions into their country and themselves.
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A vivid chronicle of what became a 25-state, coast-to-coast adventure, Aama in America gives an alternately rollicking and profound account of an 84-year-old Himalayan woman's first journey across America--and of the insights she offered her America companions into their country and themselves.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED by author on half-title page (signature only). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Slight edgewear to dust jacket. Book has softening to base of spine. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 299 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. 'Autographed copy' sticker. The journey of an elderly Nepalese woman to America accompanied by the author, an American writer who had taught in her native village. By the American Alpine Club's Literary Achievement Award-winning author of 'Everest: Mountain Without Mercy' and 'Nepali Aama: Life Lessons of a Himalayan Woman'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7? "-9? " tall; Anchor Books/ Doubleday, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Mylar jacket cover. An unusual pilgrimage indeed-the author met and developed a unique friendship with an elderly Nepalese widow while he was teaching school in a village near the Himalayas in the 1970s. Going back there with his future wife fifteen years later, they invited 84 year-old Aama to come for a visit to America. This she did--and her unclouded vision of America led them to a different and greater understanding of their own country, culture and themselves. Original cloth backed boards with ivory linen, gilt titles, ivory boards, pristine condition. Tight, solid, square with sharp corners. Internals very clean, no underlining or highlighting, faint creasing to a few pages. B/w illustrations. 299 pages. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Anchor Books/Doubleday, New York, 1995.
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Very Good+/Very Good+ 8vo-over 7 3/4"-9 3/4" Tall 0385474172 Signed & Inscribed By Author Used Signed & Inscribed By Author on half-title page, 8vo, 299pp.
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I picked up this book after seeing the author present a slide show synopsis of the adventures he shared as a young man with this lively octogenerian, Aama. Having heard so many of the details in his presentation, I wondered how much more i would get out of the book. I was treated to a well-crafted tale, expansive in the realms of spirituality, and cultural differences. To my pleasant surprise, the author provides an amazingly clear account of the revelations this experience in his life provided for his personal growth.
Seemingly holding nothing back, Coburn lays out the details of this unique pilgrimage of 3 people through the landscape, physical and cultural, of the U.S.A. in the 80s(?).
Although the writing sometimes lacks the finesse or insight of a post-colonial perspective, it doesn't pretend to offer such in the first place, and thus, can be enjoyed as an account of one man's learning from the relationships he has with this mother figure and a potential wife.
