Jake Fades: A Novel of ImpermanenceAn aging Zen master and bicycle repairman confronts his mortality and looks for a successor in this dharma-heavy novel by longtime Zen practitioner Guy. Narrator Hank, in his mid-50s, accompanies Jake, his teacher of 22 years, on a weeklong trip to Cambridge, Mass., where Jake is scheduled to lead a retreat. Hank, though aware that 78-year-old Jake's beginning to slip mentally, is surprised when Jake starts talking about leaving a new Buddhist teaching center to him. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 6 |
Section 3 | 12 |
Section 4 | 23 |
Section 5 | 41 |
Section 6 | 56 |
Section 7 | 64 |
Section 8 | 81 |
Section 10 | 99 |
Section 11 | 115 |
Section 12 | 128 |
Section 13 | 152 |
Section 14 | 168 |
Section 15 | 181 |
Section 16 | 193 |
Section 9 | 90 |
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