The Oldest Boy

A Play in Three Ceremonies

Fiction & Literature, Drama, American, Nonfiction, Entertainment
Cover of the book The Oldest Boy by Sarah Ruhl, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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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.

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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.

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