The story follows a young Arizona girl renamed White Lotus. As she ages, she evolves from “a bewildered, terrified slave to a conscious and intelligent revolutionary.” Her orchestrated, yet simple act of standing before her captors on one leg, head bowed like a sleeping bird becomes an often repeated act of nonviolent civil disobedience, an unconventional act in the spirit of Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King.
White Lotus
ISBN: 0553022679
ISBN 13: 9780553022674
Publication Date: January 01, 1976
Publisher: Bantam Books (NY)
Pages: 691
Format: Paperback
Author: John Hersey