Summary
Eliot Pattison: The Mantra of the Skull
The journalist Eliot Pattison's thriller is an exception and a debut in fine literature in that it uses Buddhism, that is, dharma, the basic Buddhist teaching, in order to find another way out of almost hopeless situations. The writer placed such events in contemporary Tibet, in a camp with Tibetan political prisoners, among whom Shan, a Chinese investigator, ends up, and it is not really known why. The imprisoned Buddhist priests will help him stay alive, and real protection will come through spiritual science, that is, the mantras that will accompany them. A sudden event changes the course of action. When the Chinese find their state prosecutor dead, it becomes clear that it is Shan who could help in the investigation, whose duty it was in Beijing. The exciting action, full of tension due to the confrontation of two worlds, exudes an almost unreal atmosphere. Thus, the writer crowned the political background with a moral attitude and pointed out the indestructibility of culture in the austere Chinese environment.
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