Buddha Da
This article needs additional citations for verification. (May 2022) |
Author | Anne Donovan |
---|---|
Language | Scots, Glaswegian dialect |
Publisher | Canongate |
Publication date | 2 January 2003 |
Publication place | Scotland |
Media type | Paperback |
Pages | 330 |
ISBN | 1-84195-451-9 |
OCLC | 53242388 |
Buddha Da (2003) is a novel by Scottish author Anne Donovan. It was shortlisted for the 2003 Orange Prize, and the 2003 Whitbread Book Award for a first novel.
Plot summary
The book takes a mostly light-hearted look at what might happen when two vastly opposing worlds and ways of life come into contact with each other.
Following a chance meeting with a Buddhist monk in a Glasgow sandwich bar one lunchtime, painter and decorator Jimmy McKenna starts to develop an interest in Buddhism and begins to visit a meditation centre and go away for weekend retreats. The story is essentially about Jimmy's new-found faith, and the reaction of his immediate family to this.
It is told from three points of view - those of Jimmy, his wife Liz, and their daughter Anne Marie - and follows the family as Jimmy's desire to lead a better and more meaningful life begins to have an effect on them all. To begin with, this proves to be to their detriment, as Liz and Anne Marie cannot understand why Jimmy - who has previously been an atheist - would suddenly want to become a Buddhist. However, as the story unfolds, a series of events allow everyone to gain some insight into the choices Jimmy has made.
References
- Donovan, Anne (2003). Buddha Da. Canongate Books. ISBN 1-84195-451-9.
External links
- Use dmy dates from January 2017
- Articles needing additional references from May 2022
- All articles needing additional references
- Use British English from January 2017
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- 2003 British novels
- Scottish novels
- Novels set in Glasgow
- Canongate Books books
- 2003 in Scotland
- Scots-language literature
- All stub articles
- Scotland stubs
- 2000s novel stubs
- Buddhism stubs