Crooked Cucumber

Praise

"Suzuki left a lasting legacy as the man who introduced the spiritual discipline of Zen to the West . . . and Crooked Cucumber affords a wonderful opportunity to meet him."
—Los Angeles Times

"A generous glimpse of the humanity and message of one of the great spiritual teachers of the modern world."
—Publishers Weekly

"A moving and eloquent biography of that quiet man who was to become the most widely revered Zen teacher in this country.  Conveying his spirit lovingly and well, it becomes in itself a wonderful manifestation of his gentle teachings."
–Peter Matthiessen, author of At Play in the Fields of the Lord and The Snow Leopard

"It’s impossible to imagine a better book about Suzuki-roshi.  Its precise picture of Suzuki’s values, hopes, and problems makes it a major primer of Zen itself."
–Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

"A touching account of Suzuki-roshi’s life, full of funny stories, brave and generous."
–Robert Bly, author of Iron John and The Sibling Society

"Shunryu Suzuki comes to life through these pages to a degree I would not have thought possible.  Chadwick has produced a remarkable biography of a truly remarkable man."
–Huston Smith, author of The World’s Religions