Shunryu Suzuki is known to countless readers as the author of the modern spiritual classic <b>Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind</b>.&#160;&#160;This most influential teacher comes vividly to life in <b>Crooked Cucumber</b>, the first full biography of any Zen master to be published in the West.&#160;&#160;To make up his intimate and engrossing narrative, David Chadwick draws on Suzuki's own words and the memories of his students, friends, and family.&#160;&#160;Interspersed with previously unpublished passages from Suzuki's talks, <b>Crooked Cucumber</b> evokes a down-to-earth life of the spirit.&#160;&#160;Along with Suzuki we can find a way to &quot;practice with mountains, trees, and stones and to find ourselves in this big world.&quot;