{"product_id":"jake-fades-isbn-9781590305669","title":"Jake Fades","description":"Jake is a Zen master and expert bicycle repairman who fixes flats and teaches meditation out of a shop in Bar Harbor, Maine. Hank is his long-time student. The aging Jake hopes that Hank will take over teaching for him. But the commitment-phobic Hank doesn’t feel up to the job, and Jake is beginning to exhibit behavior that looks suspiciously like Alzheimer’s disease. Is a guy with as many “issues” as Hank even capable of being a Zen teacher? And are those paradoxical things Jake keeps doing some kind of koan-like wisdom . . . or just dementia? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese and other hard questions confront Hank, Jake, and the colorful cast of characters they meet during a week-long trip to the funky neighborhood of Central Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As they trek back and forth from bar to restaurant to YMCA to Zen Center to doughnut shop, answers arise—in the usual unexpected ways.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Click here to listen to the author, David Guy, discuss \u003ci\u003eJake Fades\u003c\/i\u003e on North Carolina Public Radio.\"Longtime Buddhist practitioner Guy explores the Zen zone in this low-key tale of meditation, mentoring, and mouth-watering baked goods.\"—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Buddhist lessons of impermanence and letting go are folded into a contemporary urban story of drifters and their teachers in this sweet novel. . . . The conversational first-person narration draws the reader in, as does the eminently likable Jake.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Guy conveys through Hank's koanlike interior commentary and Jake's dialogue, the subtleties of Zen practice. Readers into the dharma will find this novel worthwhile.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In the frolicsome, playful novel about Zen Buddhism, death, and sexuality, [Guy] beautifully conveys the impermanence of life. . . . \u003ci\u003eJake Fades\u003c\/i\u003e gives sex and death the respect they deserve.\"—\u003ci\u003eSpirituality \u0026amp; Practice\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eJake Fades\u003c\/i\u003e is a book written with an uncommon clarity: a story by a real storyteller. Like all good books, it's about many things: Buddhism—sure, that's there—but it's also about the families we're born into and the families we make for ourselves. Sit. Read.\"—Daniel Wallace, author of \u003ci\u003eBig Fish\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Watermelon King\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A wonderfully entertaining and admirably down-to-earth story about Zen, beer, sex, and real people in real life—not the make-believe Zen of your dreams.\"—David Chadwick, author of \u003ci\u003eCrooked Cucumber\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThank You and OK!\u003c\/i\u003eDavid Guy teaches writing in the Hart Leadership Program and the Masters of Public Policy Program at Duke University. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of My Body\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Red Thread of Passion\u003c\/i\u003e. His book reviews appear regularly in the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and other papers, and he is a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eTricycle: The Buddhist Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.","brand":"Trumpeter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299958739173,"sku":"NP9781590305669","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781590305669.jpg?v=1767730317","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/jake-fades-isbn-9781590305669","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}