{"product_id":"9781786720023","title":"Compassionate Light in Asia: Contemporary Visual Culture and Contested Narratives in the Middle East","description":"\"Life is a drama of encounters\", writes Daisaku Ikeda at the beginning of this dialogue: \"Beautiful encounters. Momentary encounters. Each person's drama is unique.\" This particular encounter, between a celebrated Chinese novelist and prominent Japanese religious leader, illustrates the truth of that reflection: for in the discussion that resulted from their meetings, Jin Yong (who is sometimes called 'the Asian Dumas') and Daisaku Ikeda were able to find remarkable common ground - what they refer to as a 'karmic bond' - resulting from the particularity of their experiences in wartime and mutual resistance to adversity. Ranging across a variety of engaging themes, the interlocutors explore such topics as the nature of friendship; theories of civilization; world literatures that have inspired them; the importance of free speech; Buddhist perspectives on life and death; and the spiritual search for truth. Demonstrating a remarkable capacity for empathy throughout, the authors incarnate in their lives and work an intelligent and sympathetic compassion that represents a beacon of hope to the future direction of Sino-Japanese relations","brand":"I.B.Tauris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150340800752,"sku":"9781786720023","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781786720023_p0.jpg?v=1763729907","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781786720023","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}