From her earliest childhood, cynthia has the spells. The story is told through the point of view of cynthia clare piantedosi whose italianborn parents came to america and were married here. Roland merullo is the acclaimed author of more than a dozen books, including revere beach boulevard, golfing with god, and breakfast with buddha. His books have been translated into spanish, portuguese, korean, german, chinese, turkish, bulgarian, croatian, slovenian, and czech. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Roland merullos vatican waltz tells the story of an unlikely. The wall street journal called vatican waltz a welcoming place for parishioners and interlopers alike. Otto and rinpoche learn to scrape the jadedness from their habitual reactions in order to. Buy vatican waltz book online at best prices in india on. In this richly evocative novelthe moving story of one boys coming of ageacclaimed author roland merullo will make you nostalgic for a small massachusetts city called revere even if you. Discover book depositorys huge selection of roland merullo books online. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. In vatican waltz, author roland merullo has created an intriguing, intelligent mystery about the inner spiritual life and the outer limits of catholic authority. The new novel from the awardwinning author of breakfast with buddha and revere beach boulevard tells the story of a young catholic woman jolted from a quietly.
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Merullos work has been translated into german, spanish, korean, and croatian, and he has won numerous prizes, including the massachusetts book awards in both fiction and nonfiction. Roland merullo has 30 books on goodreads with 72815 ratings. When his sister tricks him into taking her guru on a trip to their childhood home, otto ringling, a confirmed skeptic. 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 rinpoches meditation center in north dakota to the glitter and. Vatican waltz by roland merullo and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Cynthias mother died at her birth, leaving her to be raised by an italian father who was 53 years old when his daughter was born. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Buy vatican waltz unabridged by roland merullo isbn. He has won numerous prizes, including the massachusetts book award in both fiction and nonfiction. Buy lunch with buddha by roland merullo online at alibris. Vatican waltz ebook by roland merullo 9780997024883. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Breakfast with buddha, a nominee for the international impac dublin literary award, now in its 20th printing. Roland merullo born september 19, 1953 is an american author who writes novels, essays and memoir.
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And he does it in language so happily inventive and precise and musical, and plots it so masterfully, that you are reluctant to emerge from his literary dream. The wall street journal called vatican waltz a welcoming place for parishioners and interlopers alike, continuing cat. Books by roland merullo author of breakfast with buddha. His bestknown works are the novels breakfast with buddha, in revere, in those days, a little love story, revere beach boulevard and the memoir revere beach elegy. Merullo it cant be easy to write compellingly about a bland, introverted lead character. Nonetheless, i belong to a catholic community for the sole reason that i want to support its three legally ordained priests two married women and a gay man who jokes that he really wanted to be a nun.
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