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Breakfast with Buddha

Title
Breakfast with Buddha / a novel by Roland Merullo.
Author
Merullo, Roland.
Publication
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2007.

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323 pages; 21 cm
Summary
"The only thing certain about a journey is that it has a beginning and an end - for you never know what may happen along the way. And so it is with this journey into the minds and souls of two very different men - one of them in search of the truth, the other a man who may have already found it." "When Otto Ringling. husband, father, and editor, departs on a cross-country drive from his home in a New York City suburb to the North Dakota farmhouse in which he grew up, he is a man on a no-nonsense mission: to settle the estate of his recently deceased parents. However, when his flaky sister convinces him to give a ride to her guru, a crimson-robed Skovorodinian monk, Otto knows there will be a few bumps in the road." "As they venture across America, Otto and the affable, wise, irritating, and inscrutable holy man engage in a battle of wits and wisdom. Otto, a born skeptic, sees his unwanted passenger as a challenge: a man who assumes the knowledge of the ages yet walks a mortal's path. But he also sees their unexpected pairing as an opportunity to take Volya Rinpoche on a journey of cultural discovery, with visits to quintessentially American landmarks (the Hershey'S factory, Wrigley Field) and forays into some favorite American pastimes (bowling, miniature golf, dining out)." "It is Otto, however, who has embarked on the real journey, that of self-discovery, led by his strange and remarkable passenger. By the time they reach North Dakota, Otto's head is reeling with the understanding that so much of what he had believed - as well as so much of what he had doubted - must be rethought before his journey can truly begin."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Self-actualization (Psychology) > Fiction
  • Inheritance and succession > Fiction
  • Buddhists > Fiction
  • North Dakota > Fiction
ISBN
  • 9781565125520
  • 1565125525
LCCN
2007007978
OCLC
  • OCM85783284
  • 85783284
  • SCSB-5366849
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries