An End to Suffering by Pankaj Mishra

An End to Suffering by Pankaj MishraMishras book is in the best tradition of Buddhism, both dispassionate and deeply engaged, complicated and simple, erudite and profoundly humane The New York TimesAn accomplished history of the Buddha, An End to Suffering is also a deeply personal story the story of Pankaj Mishras search for meaning, for truth and peace in the modern world and, specifically, in a postcolonial, independent India. As he describes his travels to unearth the origins of the

magnified and finally bestial species

suspicion falls on his tyrannical twin

Forgiveness shows how we can get tabled up in hate

yet the rustling coils of barbed wire are a reminder that something

Mona and Wilfred discover their new guests’ terrible secret

He can feel it in his soul

their quest for the truth taking them through burning forests

the indomitable Professor Challenger

moving and utterly feel-good' Daily Mail'Sweeping powers of description transport her readers to another time and place' Rosanna Ley

We are all part of a complex food system

talks her way into A-list parties full of billionaire collectors

A single life is silhouetted against global happenings' Sunday Times* A Book of the Year for The Times