The Oldest Boy
A Play in Three Ceremonies
Fiction & Literature, Drama, American, Nonfiction, Entertainment
| Author: | Sarah Ruhl | ISBN: | 9780374714598 |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Publication: | March 1, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Language: | English |
| Author: | Sarah Ruhl |
| ISBN: | 9780374714598 |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Publication: | March 1, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
