{"product_id":"the-oldest-boy-a-play-in-three-ceremonies-9780374535872","title":"The Oldest Boy: A Play in Three Ceremonies","description":"\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\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3622834\"\u003eSarah Ruhl\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374535872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374535876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-DRA\"\u003eDrama\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-DRA001000\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-DRA\"\u003eDrama\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-DRA019000\"\u003eWomen Authors\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Ruhl\u003c\/b\u003e's plays include \u003ci\u003eIn the Next Room, or the vibrator play\u003c\/i\u003e (Pulitzer Prize finalist, Tony Award nominee);\u003ci\u003e The Clean House\u003c\/i\u003e (Pulitzer Prize finalist, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize); \u003ci\u003ePassion Play, a cycle \u003c\/i\u003e(PEN American Award); \u003ci\u003eDead Man's Cell Phone\u003c\/i\u003e (Helen Hayes Award);\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand, most recently, \u003ci\u003eStage Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDear Elizabeth\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, the Helen Merrill Emerging Playwrights Award, the Whiting Writers' Award, the PEN Center Award for a midcareer playwright, the Feminist Press's Forty Under Forty Award, and the 2010 Lilly Award\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is currently on the faculty at Yale School of Drama and lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914635600047,"sku":"9780374535872","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_047205e0-f10a-4972-bb1d-f6ce77268f36.jpg?v=1758827986","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-oldest-boy-a-play-in-three-ceremonies-9780374535872","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}