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A Novel of Terror and Transcendence by Rocco Lo Bosco
Format: Hardcover, 176 pp. cloth
ISBN: 0-9671851-8-1
Pub Date: March 2003
Price: $21.95
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"Chilling and affecting, narrated simply without melodrama or bombast."
--Kirkus Reviews
" Lo Bosco creates a phenomenal piece of literature through his work, Buddha Wept. It would not be surprising to learn that this novel is established as core reading material for university students in the Department of English. [A] masterpiece."
--The Compulsive Reader
" Rocco Lo Bosco subtly leads our thoughts over tangled roots, across boulders, and through darkened woods, to finally reveal the light and hope that wait on the other side. This is an excellent first novel. Highly recommended!"
--Joyce Metzger, Mejmetzerpoetryreviews.com, ibbetsonstreepressupdate.com, motherofallpoetrygroups.com, butchershoppress.com, theblacklistedjournalist.com, rattle.com
" Buddha Wept is a powerful mediation upon the nature of evil and human suffering."
--Historical Novels Review
"The writer, like his main character Ona, is driven by the belief that our suffering can be transformed into something meaningful in order that we may contribute positively to the world, and so that pain does not consume us. [A]powerful theme and message."
--Chronogram Magazine
" Lo Bosco writes this novel as if he lived it….a haunting tale of what it was like in Cambodia during the height of the Vietnam War. The spiritualism [of the protagonist] shines through all the trials and tribulations that she and her family endure."
--BVSReviews.com
" Rocco Lo Bosco paints a clear and poignant view of his protagonist Ona who lives a simple poetic life until disastrous changes came to the Cambodians under the rule of the Khmer Rouge regime. The ghetto conditions that Ona survives are very similar to the conditions of the holocaust. Her spiritual determination and poignant nature is an inspiration to all. The forever-unanswered question is posed here to us all. That is why do bad things happen to good people, and how do they survive this tragedy? The answer lies in Ona’s determination to transform her suffering into something meaningful. We all need to read books of this nature as we are all connected to one another and get solace from one another. It is important for us to be vigilant and not allow such persecution and suffering to happen again and again…"
--Joy Abrams
BUDDHA WEPT was a March/April 2003 Small Press Review pick.
Rocco Lo Bosco was interviewed in May 2003 in an hour-long show on WAMC – NPR in New York
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