El Monje / The Monk - by Thich Nhat Hanh (Paperback)

About the Book

"Kinh Tam is a young Vietnamese girl whose parents force her to accept an arranged marriage. Raised in the traditional values of an aristocratic family, she does not dare to disobey her parents and tries to adapt to her new married life with a man she does not love.However, Kinh's destiny is different and his great spiritual vocation ends up imposing itself. One day, after a strong fight with his family, he decides to leave his home to enter a monastery under a new masculine identity. From that moment on, she will no longer be a married girl, but "the monk.""--

Book Synopsis

Una historia de amor verdadero escrita por Thich Nhat Hanh, una de las grandes figuras de la espiritualidad a nivel mundial.

Kinh Tam es una joven vietnamita cuyos padres la obligan a aceptar un matrimonio pactado. Educada en los valores tradicionales de una familia aristocrática, no se atreve a desobedecer a sus progenitores e intenta adaptarse a su nueva vida de casada con un hombre al que no ama.

Sin embargo, el destino de Kinh es otro y su gran vocación espiritual se acaba imponiendo. Un día, tras una fuerte pelea con su familia, decide abandonar su hogar para ingresar en un monasterio bajo una nueva identidad masculina. A partir de ese momento ya no será una joven casada, sino «el monje».

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A true love story written by Thich Nhat Hanh, one of the great figures of spirituality worldwide.

Kinh Tam is a young Vietnamese girl whose parents force her to accept an arranged marriage. Raised in the traditional values of an aristocratic family, she does not dare to disobey her parents and tries to adapt to her new married life with a man she does not love.

However, Kinh's destiny is different and his great spiritual vocation ends up imposing itself. One day, after a strong fight with his family, he decides to leave his home to enter a monastery under a new masculine identity. From that moment on, she will no longer be a married girl, but "the monk."