description: This is a story of that story, of the buddha as seen by his admirers, among them an ordinary monk, one of the questioners, and an extraordinary king, who seemed to have all the answers. In unassuming but agile prose, amita kanekar takes us to the time of the buddha, then to that of ashoka, and back again. The wheel is in motion, we move from one to the other, spinning with the wheel, becoming one with change. About the author amita kanekar is a mumbai-based writer, kanekar teaches comparative mythology at the university of mumbai. She was born in goa in 1965. She is currently (2006) working on her second novel. She has lived in the us as a child, and also teaches architectural history.
language: English
title: Spoke in the Wheel
titlecomplete: Spoke in the Wheel
genres: Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 36
publisher: HarperCollins