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Buddaland Brooklyn By Richard C. Morais
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Original Language
- English
- Features
- Standard
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Type
- Novel
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Edition
- Standard
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Era
- 2010s
- Literary Movement
- Post-Modernism
- ISBN
- 9781451669220
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
1451669224
ISBN-13
9781451669220
eBay Product ID (ePID)
112008820
Product Key Features
Book Title
Buddhaland Brooklyn
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, General, Coming of Age, Asian American
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
12.7 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-009160
Reviews
"In exquisite prose, Buddhaland Brooklyn illuminates the hearts of wholly different cultures - an isolated Buddhist monastery; bustling New York - and also the universal truths of human life. Reverend Seido Oda's journey from shut-down, haughty priest to compassionate religious leader is a profoundly moving one making for a complex, beautiful book that lingers in the imagination long after the last line is read." --Robin Black, author of If I loved you, I would tell you this, "In exquisite prose, Buddhaland Brooklyn illuminates the hearts of wholly different cultures an isolated Buddhist monastery; bustling New York - and also the universal truths of human life. Reverend Seido Oda's journey from shut-down, haughty priest to compassionate religious leader is a profoundly moving one making for a complex, beautiful book that lingers in the imagination long after the last line is read." --Robin Black, author of If I loved you, I would tell you this, A charming and touching tale of discovery… certain to be appreciated by those who enjoy reading about the human condition., [Morais] has a definite talent for evoking a place his descriptions of Japan in Buddhaland Brooklyn resonate like watercolors painted on silk panels. The secondary characters are fully realized and the journey to enlightenment is full of entertaining detours., The world Morais creates is quirky and enchanting. His recurring rumination on the meaning of enlightenment and acceptance is worth savoring., Readers who follow Morais's lyrical narrative will find spiritual redemption of their own in his search for the paradisiacal Buddhaland. A vivid portrait of faith lost and found through the eyes of a Japanese Buddhist monk in America., "In exquisite prose, Buddhaland Brooklyn illuminates the hearts of wholly different cultures - an isolated Buddhist monastery; bustling New York - and also the universal truths of human life. Reverend Seido Oda's journey from shut-down, haughty priest to compassionate religious leader is a profoundly moving one making for a complex, beautiful book that lingers in the imagination long after the last line is read." --Robin Black, author of If I loved you, I would tell you this, eoeIn exquisite prose, Buddhaland Brooklyn illuminates the hearts ofwholly different cultures e" an isolated Buddhist monastery; bustling New York - and also the universal truths of human life. Reverend Seido Odae(tm)s journey from shut-down, haughty priest to compassionate religious leader is a profoundly moving one making for a complex, beautiful book that lingers in the imagination long after the last line is read.e --Robin Black, author of If I loved you, I would tell you this, Buddhaland Brooklyn is a rare gem of a novel in that it is rich with both fabulous description and a juicy plot.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Synopsis
From the writer whose debut novel, The Hundred-Foot Journey , continues to charm readers around the world comes a modern fairytale about a man who finds his true calling in a foreign land. "The life of a man is like a ball in the river-- no matter what our will wants or desires, we are swept along by an invisible current that finally delivers us to the limitless expanse of the black sea." So reflects the elderly Buddhist priest Seido Oda as he considers the life that brought him from an idyllic mountainside village in Japan to the bustling streets of Brooklyn, New York-- a touching and humorous journey richly depicted in Buddhaland Brooklyn . Oda's boyhood is spent fishing in clear mountain streams, picking plums, and helping his parents run the family's village inn on the slopes of Mount Nagata. But at age eleven, his parents hand him over to the monks at the nearby Buddhist monastery. Separated from his family and deeply lonely, the acolyte adjusts to monastic life by devoting himself to painting, poetry, and prayer--and avoiding human contact. This safe and quiet existence is unexpectedly upended, however, when he reaches middle age and is ordered by his superior to open a temple in Brooklyn. New York is a shock to the introverted Oda. A shy, socially inept Japanese priest who hides his true feelings behind a severe manner, Reverend Oda must spiritually lead the ragtag army of eccentric New Yorkers who make up the local Buddhist community. This motley crew and their misguided practices provide for a host of hilarious cultural misunderstandings and mishaps. But when tragedy strikes, Oda's rigid worldview is shattered and his eyes are finally opened to the long-buried sadness and personal shortcomings in his own life. It is only when he comes to appreciate the Americans, flaws and all, that Oda finds in Brooklyn the home he has always sought. A lively, vivid novel, Buddhaland Brooklyn stirs from the very first page. This is an entertaining and edifying meditation on the meaning and rewards of true acceptance.
LC Classification Number
PS3613.O584B83 2012
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