{"product_id":"9780374535872","title":"The Oldest Boy : A Play in Three Ceremonies","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Oldest Boy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Sarah Ruhl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Oldest Boy \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Gorgeous . . . Extremely imaginative and hypnotically beautiful.” —Marilyn Stasio, \u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[An] emotional tsunami . . . An extraordinary story [from] a singular new voice in American theater.” —David Rooney, \u003ci\u003eThe Hollywood Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ms. Ruhl’s drama [\u003ci\u003eThe Oldest Boy\u003c\/i\u003e] is among the most easily accessible from this poetic, venturesome playwright . . . It is marked by Ms. Ruhl’s inquisitive intelligence, clean-lined eloquence and spiky humor.” —Charles Isherwood, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Bewitching, ingenious and seriously moving.” —Linda Winer, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780374535872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40596764491982,"sku":"9780374535872","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_dba722b5-6a23-4c52-bae0-5401a1a41a2c.jpg?v=1637865450","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780374535872","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}