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A Chant to Soothe Wild Elephants: A Memoir
Jaed Coffin
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| #752583 in Books | 2008-01-08 | 2008-01-08 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.50 x5.50l,.55 | File type: PDF | 205 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A gentle and unusual look at Buddhist village life|By Sean Hoade|First, let me just say that I recommend this book heartily to anyone interested in Buddhism, Thailand, coming-of-age stories, or inter-cultural understanding in general.
This book is gentle, unlike many memoirs these days, and Coffin takes the time to make you understand why he becomes a monk, and why h|From Publishers Weekly|In this affecting memoir, Coffin relates tales from his childhood and the complications that arise from being the offspring of an interracial couple in the late 1970s. Coffin's father was a U.S. soldier who met his mother in Taiwan during
Six years ago at the age of twenty-one, Jaed Muncharoen Coffin, a half-Thai American man, left New England's privileged Middlebury College to be ordained as a Buddhist monk in his mother's native village of Panomsarakram--thus fulfilling a familial obligation. While addressing the notions of displacement, ethnic identity, and cultural belonging, A Chant to Soothe Wild Elephants chronicles his time at the temple that rain season--receiving alms in the streets ...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.A Chant to Soothe Wild Elephants: A Memoir | Jaed Coffin.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
