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Chant to Soothe Wild Elephants
Jaed Coffin
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Description for Chant to Soothe Wild Elephants
Paperback. A simple story of a rain season in Thailand and a young man at the intersection of two cultures Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMT; HRE; HRLM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228.
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 in saffron robes bathing in the canals learning to meditate in a mountaintop hut and falling in love with Lek, a beautiful Thai woman who comes to ... Read more
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 in saffron robes bathing in the canals learning to meditate in a mountaintop hut and falling in love with Lek, a beautiful Thai woman who comes to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306815263
SKU
V9780306815263
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Jaed Coffin
Jaed Coffin holds a B.A. in philosophy from Middlebury College and an M.F.A. from the University of Southern Maine's Stonecoast Writing Program. A boxer, sea-kayaker, and lobster fisherman, he lives in Brunswick, Maine.
Reviews for Chant to Soothe Wild Elephants
Tricycle "It's worth reading this book twice. Once for the story-absorbing and, at times, amusing-and once more for the poetry: crystalline observations of people and place that float alongside the narrative. What could have been a simple coming-of-age tale is, in Coffin's hands, a wry, at times lyrical commentary on cultural identity and Buddhist practice."