Dinner with Buddha, Roland Merullo
Dinner with Buddha, Roland Merullo
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Dinner with Buddha

Author: Roland Merullo

Narrator: Sean Runnette

Unabridged: 10 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/02/2015

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

The author of Breakfast with Buddha brings his characteristic whimsy to a new novel about New York book editor Otto Ringling and Mongolian monk Volya Rinpoche, who embark on a road trip from Rinpoche's meditation center in North Dakota to the glitter and glitz of the Las Vegas strip. What prompts the trip is Otto's recently altered life, having lost first his wife, then his job, and then seeing both his children leave home for lives of their own. With Rinpoche's guidance, he hopes to find a new meaning in his life, and a new direction. But what begins as a quietly contemplative journey becomes much more, as the two men travel through the heart of the American midwest, witnessing the decimated lives of so many American natives and giving Otto new perspective on the trials he is experiencing in his own life. Along with these inner awakenings for Otto, there is also a very real hint of menace in the novel, as men show up who may be looking to make sure that the world never knows of the existence of Shelsa, the eight-year-old daughter of Rinpoche and Otto’s sister, Cecilia. Shelsa has consistently shown that she has the markings and the instincts of a spiritual leader, leading to speculation that she may be the new Dalai Lama.

About Roland Merullo

Roland Merullo is the critically acclaimed author of several books, both fiction and nonficton, including the Revere Beach trilogy, three novels about growing up in a tight-knit community outside Boston, and Golfing with God, a novel about a man's unexpected spiritual journey. Born in Boston, he graduated from Brown University, where he also earned a Master's degree in Russian Language and Literature. Roland's memoir, Revere Beach Elegy, won the 2000 Massachusetts Book Award for Non-Fiction, and his essays have appeared in the New York Times, Reader's Digest, and the Chronicle of Higher Education, among other publications. He lives with his wife and two daughters in eastern Massachusetts.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Stacy on June 13, 2017

I listened to this audiobook because I loved the narration in Breakfast with Buddha. The narrator made Lunch and Dinner also very enjoyable. Breakfast with Buddha was my favorite book of 2015. I loved this series because it showed me a side of religion that was just about being kind and loving. I do......more

Goodreads review by Bryan on May 18, 2015

44 of 75 for 2015. Every now and again a book comes into my possession that I feel is life-changing. Dinner with Buddha fits that description. This was a book I had to read. It's a road-trip book, and I'll admit that I'm a sucker for that genre. Furthermore, it's a road trip book covering roads and......more

Goodreads review by Randal on January 12, 2018

I love Roland Merullo books. He has a way of making me feel calm, warm, and happy. Not to mention he really makes me think!......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on July 13, 2015

Really loved all three books and could use a fourth one. I was sorry that it was over. Besides the spiritual instructions I got from the book, I also really loved the journey through the America. The author clearly loves this country a great deal and he makes the reader love it as well, warts and al......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on May 17, 2015

I got this book as an Early Reviewer copy from Library Thing. I will pretty much read anything that Roland Merullo writes -- it is so interesting to read a spiritual author who refuses to be categorized into a particular viewpoint. I agree with so much of the philosophy of this and all his books (my......more