# The Lady and the Monk

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- Book: [The Lady and the Monk](https://www.bookquiver.com/pico-iyer/the-lady-and-the-monk) ([The Lady and the Monk.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/pico-iyer/the-lady-and-the-monk.md))
- Authors: [Pico Iyer](https://www.bookquiver.com/pico-iyer)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7973-834-3
- Pages: 352
- Published: 1992-10-27
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

When Pico Iyer decided to go to Kyoto and live in a monastery, he did so to learn about Zen Buddhism from the inside, to get to know Kyoto, one of the loveliest old cities in the world, and to find out...