{"product_id":"a-chant-to-soothe-wild-elephants-a-memoir-0306815265","title":"A Chant to Soothe Wild Elephants: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0306815265\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Coffin, Jaed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix 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 represent the life he can have if he stays. Part armchair travel, part coming-of-age story, this debut work transcends the memoir genre and ushers in a brave new voice in American nonfiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51735592927520,"sku":"NEW0306815265","price":16.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71v4lcLGiYL.jpg?v=1779489288","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/a-chant-to-soothe-wild-elephants-a-memoir-0306815265","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}