The Oldest Boy: A Play in Three Ceremonies

By Sarah Ruhl

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374535876
• ISBN13: 9780374535872
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.1"