{"product_id":"jake-fades-a-novel-of-impermanence-9781590305669","title":"Jake Fades: A Novel of Impermanence","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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Click here to listen to the author, David Guy, discuss \u003ci\u003eJake Fades\u003c\/i\u003e on North Carolina Public Radio.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shambhala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50357304590610,"sku":"9781590305669","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7fe343ff-83e0-4778-83bd-6fbc8820aa11.jpg?v=1728322364","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/jake-fades-a-novel-of-impermanence-9781590305669","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}