Crooked Cucumber: The Life & Zen Teaching Of Shunryu Suzuki by David Chadwick

David Chadwick’s biography brings Shunryu Suzuki’s life and Zen teaching into view through Suzuki’s own words and the memories of students, friends and family. Passages from his talks are woven into the narrative.

For readers who know Suzuki through Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind and want to understand the person behind the teachings. Crooked Cucumber is written by Chadwick about Suzuki, not a new practice manual authored by Suzuki himself.