The Stone Boy and Other Stories gathers Thich Nhat Hanh?s shimmering tales in which the beloved Zen teacher and peace activist turns to fiction to illuminate Buddhist ideals of compassion and love. Steeped in the textures of Vietnamese culture, these stories move gracefully across the landscapes of war, exile, egoism, oppression, and spiritual apprenticeship. With a deft blend of the earthly and the mystical, Thich Nhat Hanh guides the reader towards an awakening to life?s quiet miracles and the essential interdependence??interbeing??that binds all things.