A Chant to Soothe Wild Elephants

Author/Contributor(s):	Coffin, Jaed
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Date:	01/08/2008
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

A the age of 21, Collins, a half-Thai American, left college to be ordained as a Buddhist monk in his mother's native village of Panomsarakram. While addressing the notions of displacement, ethnic identity, and cultural belonging, Coffin chronicles his time at the temple that rainy season.