The Stone Boy and Other Stories is a collection of tales in which Thich Nhat Hanh uses fiction to illuminate Buddhist ideals of compassion and love. Set within the textures of Vietnamese culture, the stories travel through war, exile, egoism, oppression and spiritual apprenticeship. They blend the earthly and the mystical, guiding readers toward an awakening to life's quiet miracles and to interbeing, the essential interdependence that binds all things. The book presents these themes through story rather than argument.
Why You Should Read?
- Discover stories that turn fiction toward Buddhist ideals of compassion and love.
- Explore how the tales move through war, exile, egoism, oppression and spiritual apprenticeship.
- Experience writing that blends the earthly and the mystical while pointing to life's quiet miracles.
- Understand interbeing, the essential interdependence that the stories say binds all things.