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I am excited to announce that Monkfish Publishing will publish my novel Being Patañjali. Set in ancient India (c. 300 CE), the 500-page novel depicts the life of Sage Patañjali, who composed the Yoga Sūtras, the definitive text of classical yoga philosophy. Begun in 2020 at the height of the COVID lockdown, it's a huge departure for me. It's also, I believe, my best work yet.

 

In his Preface to the novel, Edwin Bryant, the acclaimed authority on the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali and Indian philosophy broadly, says that "Being Patañjali is, tout court, a riveting read. It is unlike any yoga book I have ever read . . . . Being Patañjali is destined to take its place on the list of seminal, canonical, must-read yoga texts."

 

Stephen Cope, bestselling author and Scholar-in-Residence at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, says, "Through both historical and magical realism, readers experience in Being Patañjali how one person transforms himself—and ultimately the world—through a profound understanding of yoga in its many dimensions. With inspired prose, Donahue delves into the many traditions from which Patañjali's vision is derived, resulting in a truly beautiful, compelling, character-driven novel that brings readers directly inside the lived truth that yoga heals."

Monkfish, with its slogan The Seekers Press, is the ideal home for the novel. Check them out. Pub Date: Winter 2028.

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