Two men, three realms, one goal: to find the heart of the world.
Painted Oxen is a novel of transcendence, one that not only invites its readers into its story, but somehow enmeshes them in its alchemy, leaving them changed in unexpected ways at its journey’s end. Bridging the worlds of ancient Tibet and modern day India, Painted Oxen weaves a tale of two men — one young, one old — on parallel journeys. Their separate-but-connected pilgrimages are equal parts internal and external.
fiction/spiritual • Release Date April 2, 2019
Trade Paperback • 5.5 x 8.5 • 256pgs
isbn 9781947003378 • List $17.95
Also available in ebook.
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Thomas Lloyd Qualls is a writer, a condition that is apparently incurable. He manages his condition, in part, by regular contributions to Reno Tahoe Tonight Magazine and to the borderless tribe known as Rebelle Society. He’s also a novelist, an essayist, a painter, and through his law practice – a sometimes salvager of troubled lives.
He is also the proud co-creator of the The Power of Words Video Project. Go ahead, check it out. We’ll wait for you.
Waking Up at Rembrandt’s, his debut novel, has received local and national critical acclaim. The second edition of the novel is available in print (think of vinyl, only for books) and on multiple ebook platforms. There’s also a book of poetry, love jaywalks, readable on just about any device that plugs into the internet. Still on the horizon: a collection of essays, some new paintings, and a second novel, painted oxen, currently in final draft.
Having said all this, it is good to remember a human being is not static. To define something is to kill part of it. We are all here to expand our ideas of ourselves. The best way to know more is to follow him and to keep reading what he writes. Feel free to wander around this website a bit more and see what treasures you find.
(Just in case you’re interested in that kind of thing, here’s a CV.)
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