The Oldest Boy: A Play in Three Ceremonies

by Sarah Ruhl

2021-01-01 07:29:52

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 chil... Read more

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.

Less

Book Details

File size8.26 X 5.42 X 0.48 in
Print pages160
PublisherFarrar, Straus And Giroux
Publication date March 1, 2016
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780374535872
Author
Sarah Ruhl received the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize in 2004 for her play "The Clean House," which has been produced at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Wilma Theatre in Philadelphia, S...

Compare Prices

Store Availability Book Format Condition Price
BetterWorld.com - New, Used, Rare Books & Textbooks In Stock Buy USD 3.98
Indigo Books & Music In Stock Paperback Paperback Buy CAD 17.50
Indigo Books & Music In Stock Buy CAD 13.95
BetterWorld.com - New, Used, Rare Books & TextbooksIn Stock
Format
Condition
Buy USD 3.98
Indigo Books & MusicIn Stock
Format
Paperback
Condition
Paperback
Buy CAD 17.50
Indigo Books & MusicIn Stock
Format
Condition
Buy CAD 13.95
Available Discount
No Discount available

Join us and get access to all
your favourite books

Sign up for free and start exploring thousands of eBooks today.

Sign up for free