From the author of the internationally bestselling The Art of Hearing Heartbeats series, comes this charming collection of folktales that offers a window into Burma's fascinating history and culture.Since 1995 Jan-Philipp Sendker has visited Myanmar (Burma) dozens of times, and while doing research for his novels
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats and
A Well-Tempered Heart, he encountered numerous folktales and fables. These moving stories speak to the rich mythology of the diverse peoples of Burma, the spirituality of humankind, and the profound social impact of Buddhist thought. Some are so strange he couldn't classify them or identify a familiar moral, while others reminded him of the fairy tales of his childhood, except that here monkeys, tigers, elephants, and crocodiles inhabited the fantastic lands instead of hedgehogs, donkeys, or geese. Their morals resemble those of the Brothers Grimm or Hans Christian Andersen, illustrating how all cultures draw on a universal wisdom to create their myths.
The Long Path to Wisdom's evocative stories run the gamut of human emotions, from the familiar to the shocking, and are sure to delight fans of
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats as well as those newly discovering the magic of Sendker's incandescent writing.
1. History and evolution of hexapod external fixators.- 2 Principles of hexapod external fixators functions: software and hardware.- 3 Characteristics and usage modalities. Main systems.- 4 Hexapod external fixators in acute fracture treatment and their complications.- 5 Hexapod external fixators in the treatment of axial and rotation deformities and limb length discrepancies.- 6 Hexapod external fixators in bone defect treatment.- 7 Hexapod external fixators in pediatric deformities.- 8 Hexapod external fixators in articular stiffness treatment.- 9 Hexapod external fixators in foot deformity correction.- 10 Problems, challenge, complications in hexapod external fixation systems. Contraindications.- 11 Hexapod external fixators upgrade: motor powered frames , automation, deformity correction scheduling and remote control.- 12 Ancillary usage of hexapod external fixators: Fixator assisted nailing (FAN), fixator assisted locking plate (FALP), lenghtening over nail (LON), bone transport over a nail (BTON) and lenghtening and then nailing (LATN). External to internal fixation conversion timing.- 13 Ionizing radiation exposure.- 14 Economical aspects and practical considerations.- 15 Appendix: Deformity geometry.- 16 Nomenclature.
“Enchanting…Young and old alike will enjoy traveling through the forests, farms, kingdoms and villages of Burma. The rich landscape is as captivating as the mystical nats (or spirits) that inhabit the pages of this book. Simple writing with complex meaning and rich culture,
The Long Path to Wisdom is a great addition to any fairytale collection.” —
Shelf Awareness“Delicately balanced between cultural ethnography and poetic vision, Sendker’s collection of folk tales, legends and parables takes us on a journey to a lost paradise of the imagination and to a world of real lives whose substance and existence is but a twilight glimmer of all that it was.” —
BookanistaPraise for
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats:
“A lush tale of romance and family set in mid-twentieth-century Burma…beautiful…bound to enchant readers.” —
Booklist “Magical…It’s stories like
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats that show how our very existence is important…What a gift that is.” —
Huffington Post “Brilliant…Sendker’s novel proves to be a love story of the most masterful variety…Coupled with an unusual glimpse into the Burma of the 1950s and today, readers will delight in the emotional power of Sendker’s storytelling.” —
Shelf Awareness for Readers “A love story set in Burma…imbued with Eastern spirituality and fairy-tale romanticism.” —
Kirkus Reviews “Sweetly tragic.” —
Library Journal “No matter what I even attempt to say, I can’t possibly capture the absolute magic of this book. Like a spell, it haunts. Like love, it’s going to endure.” —Caroline Leavitt,
New York Times bestselling author of
Pictures of You 
