Synopsis:
In this captivating and surprising novel of spiritual discovery—a No. 1 bestseller in India—a young American travels to India and finds himself tested physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
Max Pzoras is the poster child for the American Dream. The child of Greek immigrants who grew up in a dangerous New York housing project, he triumphed over his upbringing and became a successful Wall Street analyst. Yet on the frigid December night he’s involved in a violent street scuffle, Max begins to confront questions about suffering and mortality that have dogged him since his mother’s death.
His search takes him to the farthest reaches of India, where he encounters a mysterious night market, almost freezes to death on a hike up the Himalayas, and finds himself in an ashram in a drought-stricken village in South India. As Max seeks answers to questions that have bedeviled him—can yogis walk on water and live for 200 years without aging? Can a flesh-and-blood man ever achieve nirvana?—he struggles to overcome his skepticism and the pull of family tugging him home. In an ultimate bid for answers, he embarks on a dangerous solitary meditation in a freezing Himalayan cave, where his physical and spiritual endurance is put to its most extreme test.
By turns a gripping adventure story and a journey of tremendous inner transformation, The Yoga of Max's Discontent is a contemporary take on man's classic quest for transcendence.
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Review:
This is an amazing story about finding yourself and finding the meaning of life.
In this story we meet Max who is the son of greek immigrants. He is a very successful wall street analyst. He grew up in the projects of New York and worked hard to get out of the ghetto.
This is where the story gets good because Max is in a violent fight when he asks himself questions we have asked ourselves at least once in our lives. He wants to know the purpose and meaning of his life. He has lost the most important person in his life his mother.
So he journeys to India where he hikes the mountains to find the true meaning of life. I loved this part of the story because it made me think about those questions and answers. I am still trying to find the meaning of my life and why I was placed on this earth. I have been through a lot in life and I often wonder why things are happening.
This is a must read story for all those who have asked themselves the question why am I here and what is the meaning of life......
About The Author:
Karan Bajaj is the #1 bestselling novelist of KEEP OFF THE GRASS (HarperCollins India: 2008) and JOHNNY GONE DOWN (HarperCollins India: 2010) with more than 250,000 copies of his novels in print. Both novels were optioned into films, the latter just entering pre-production and slotted for a 2017 international release. He was selected as one of the “Top 35 Under 35 Indian” by India Today and was nominated for all of India’s top literary awards—the Crossword Book of the Year, Indiaplaza Golden Quill and Teacher’s Indian Achievers Awards(Arts).
THE YOGA OF MAX'S DISCONTENT, Karan's first international novel, will be published by Penguin Random House on May 3rd 2016. It was inspired by Karan’s one year spiritual sabbatical learning Yoga in a South Indian Ashram, meditating in complete silence in the Vedantic tradition in the Indian Himalayas and living as a Buddhist Monk in a Scottish monastery. Now back in New York, Karan is a certified Yoga teacher attached to the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center while working his day job as the Chief Marketing Officer of the cult mom brand, Aden and Anais.
Born in 1979 into an Army family, Karan is an engineering graduate from BIT Ranchi and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
He can be reached at:
Web: www.karanbajaj.com
Twitter: twitter.com/realkaranbajaj
Email: karan@karanbajaj.com
Writing Advice: http://www.karanbajaj.com/bookdeal/
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