The Oldest Boy: A Play in Three Ceremonies
Sarah Ruhl$17.00
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In this moving exploration of parenthood, an American mother and a Tibetan father have a three-year-old son believed to be the reincarnation of a Buddhist lama. When a Tibetan lama and a monk come to their home unexpectedly, asking to take their child away for a life of spiritual training in India, the parents must make a life-altering choice that will test their strength, their marriage, and their hearts.
The Oldest Boy is a richly emotional journey filled with music, dance, puppetry, ritual, and laughter--Sarah Ruhl at her imaginative best. A meditation on attachment and unconditional love, the play asks us to believe in a world in which sometimes the youngest children are also the oldest and wisest teachers.Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 03/01/2016
ISBN: 9780374535872
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.60d
Review Citations: Library Journal 03/01/2016 pg. 102