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Can I read Buddhaland Brooklyn : a novel on EtoBox?
Buddhaland Brooklyn : a novel by Morais, Richard C., 1960- is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Buddhaland Brooklyn : a novel about?
From the writer whose debut novel, The Hundred-Foot Journey , continues to charm readers around the world comes a modern fairytale about a man who finds his true calling in a foreign land. The life of a man is like a ball in the river no matter what our will wants or desires, we are swept along by an invisible current that finally delivers us to the limitless expanse of the black sea. So reflects the elderly Buddhist priest Seido Oda as he considers the life that brought him from an idyllic mountainside village in Japan to the bustling streets of Brooklyn, New York a touching and humorous journey richly depicted in Buddhaland Brooklyn . Odas boyhood is spent fishing in clear mountain streams, picking plums, and helping his parents run the familys village inn on the slopes of Mount Nagata. But at age eleven, his parents hand him over to the monks at the nearby Buddhist monastery. Separated from his family and deeply lonely, the acolyte adjusts to monastic life by devoting himself to painting, poetry, and prayerand avoiding human contact. This safe and quiet existence is unexpectedly upended, however, when he reaches middle age and is ordered by his superior to open a temple in Brook
Who reads Buddhaland Brooklyn : a novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Morais, Richard C., 1960-
- Publisher
- New York: Scribner
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781451669244
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.66 / 5 (575 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14