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Written & narrated by Natalie Goldberg - Nonfiction - 6 CASSETTES - 8.5 hours

Publisher, Sounds True Audio (April 2000)

Includes never before published with Natalie Goldberg on her years with Zen Master Katagiri Roshi.

Among the many devoted fans of Natalie Goldberg, a secret is often shared: their favorite work is not her perennial bestseller Writing Down the Bones (approximately one million copies in print), but is in fact Long Quiet Highway, her rich and clear memoir of the many moments of truth in her life as a writer and devoted Zen student. Now for the first time, Natalie Goldberg reads this classic with the unabridged audio edition of Long Quiet Highway.

Threaded with the story of Natalie Goldberg’s 12-year relationship with legendary Zen master Katagiri Roshi, Long Quiet Highway illustrates the challenges – and rewards – that unfold when a Western student seeks a teacher of Eastern wisdom. As she puts it, “In the West, a teacher imparts knowledge to a student. In the East, a teacher transmits not more or less than his or her being.” And in a never-before-published interview, Goldberg speaks out about the problems that go along with finding the right teacher, and lays bare her feelings about her beloved teacher’s infidelities.

Observant and relentlessly honest, Long Quiet Highway starts out as a reflection on the people, places, and experiences that helped Natalie Goldberg discover the transformational power of writing. Soon it crystallizes into a greater work – a winding koan that cuts through sentiment to get at the truth of the spiritual life and the discipline needed to achieve it.