Tapestry of Life

Chenrezig Mandala (Esoteric Black Thangka)

Once we have embraced complexity, we can see it is a rich tapestry. This non-threatening way of looking at change and its components and predicates is in keeping with spiritual ideals.

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REAL

True Narratives

Paul Veyne, ed., A History of Private Life I:From Pagan Rome to Byzantium (Belknap Press, 1987).
Georges Duby, ed., A History of Private Life II: Revelations of the Medieval World (Belknap Press, 1988).
Robert Chartier, ed., A History of Private Life III: Passions of the Renaissance (Belknap Press, 1993).
Michelle Perrot, ed., A History of Private Life IV: From the Fires of Revolution to the Great War (Belknap Press, 1990).
Antoine Prost, ed., A History of Private Life V: Riddles of Identity in Modern Times (Belknap Press, 1991).
Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life (Doubleday, 2010).

Imaginary

Fictional Narratives

Gish Jen

Gish Jen has written a series of novels about Chinese immigrant life in the United States.

Gish Jen, World and Town (Knopf, 2010).
Gish Jen, Typical American (Tuirtleback Books, 1992).
Gish Jen, The Love Wife (Knopf, 2004).
Gish Jen, Mona in the Promised Land (Knopf, 1996).

: William Trevor

William Trevor has written at least 2,000 pages of short-story fiction. "The default condition in his stories is loss and disappointment." He writes directly, allowing simple observations to tell his stories.

William Trevor, The Collected Stories (Viking, 1992).
William Trevor, Selected Stories (Viking, 2010).

Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude (Harper Collins, 2003).
Douglas Kennedy, Leaving the World (Hutchinson, 2009).
Geraldine Brooks, March (Viking, 2005): Brooks won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize with this novel about a man who leaves his family to support the Union in the Civil War.

Visual Arts

Paul Klee, Highways and Byways (1929)
Paul Klee, Main Path and Byways (1929)

Film and Stage

Scenes From a Marriage, exploring the contradictions of life and how we delude ourselves