"Like the depth that comes with mindful breathing, Thich Nhat Hanh's restrained prose plumbs both visible and invisible world with skill and ease. These are brilliant powerful - verging on cathartic - stories infused with penetrating wisdom an united by inner awakening to the sacredness of all life." East / West Magazine. In The Stone Boy and Other Stories, Thich Nhat Hanh's newly assembled collection of short fiction, the well - known Zen monk and peace activist explores Buddhist themes of love and compassion while introducing the reader to the treasures of Vietnamese culture. A gifted wordsmith and storyteller, Nath Hanh uses the medium of short fiction to examine the difficult themes of war, exodus, living in exile, egoism, institutional oppression and the master disciple relationship. Weaving the actual and the magical into a seamless tapestry, he guides the reader to the realization of the miraculousness of daily life and the interconnectedness - "interbeing" - of all things.