- Paperback: 372 pages
- Publisher: iUniverse; illustrated edition edition (20 Sep 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0595121314
- ISBN-13: 978-0595121311
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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This is not only the story of one person. It is the story of the relationships of J. Krishnamurti and people closely involved with him, especially Rosalind Williams Rajagopal and D. Rajagopal, my mother and father, and of the consequences of this involvement on their lives. Recently there have been biographies and a biographical film on Krishnamurti that have left areas, and a large span of years, in mysterious darkness. It is not in the interest of historical integrity, especially where such a personality is concerned, that there be these areas of obscurity."Sloss's achievement in Lives in the Shadow with J. Krishnamurti is to have made him interesting without embalming him in flattery. . . . She brings us insights and information that help to flesh out someone who has been projected as a spiritual skeleton by too many biographies. . . . Without ever losing sight of her huge affection for her subject, Sloss is able to look beyond the myth."Times Literary Supplement, London
About the Author
Radha Rajagopal Sloss grew up in Ojai, California, where her parents and J. Krishnamurti shared a home. She attended Swarthmore and Scripps Colleges and received her M.A. in Comparative Literature at UC Berkeley. Radha lives in Santa Barbara with her husband James, a mathematician, and continues to write.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I feel this book is enourmously courageous. We like our heroes to be without stain to be some sort of impossibly unnatural superhero. This is an account of Sloss's personal memories and experiences and the impact intimacy with Krishnamurti had on her family. Her views and understanding of this are perfectly valid and needed if we are to have a balanced view of this iconic figure. Krishnamurti was truly great in his presentation of deep philosophy but he was also a man, and I don't understand why the previous reviewer seemingly wants to shoot the brave messenger who wrote this book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I appreciate personal experience and detailed knowledge of home life of a guru as different from public life. Even the guru is human being.
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
How sad that Radha Rajagopal Sloss appears to have lost the opportunities that her relationship with Krishnamurti offered, and that she felt the need to write this book. If you have read this book, I urge you to read Krishnamurti and the Rajagopals which Mary Lutyens wrote in response.
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