Product Description

For Mike Carrara, the mysterious East becomes very real in the shape of a wondrous white elephant—an unexpected gift from an uncle he hardly knew. Here is a story of joy, and of tears, that begins in the sweltering heat of an Indian courtroom and continues to an off-the-grid farm in the hills of Maryland, and to the frozen, removed lands of neo-capitalistic Siberia. It is a tale of the everyday, yet also a tale of the transcendent. It is a tale to be retold and reread, for it possesses a dimension of the human experience that is mythic and yet so compassionately real. The characters you will meet are not only unforgettable, but you’ll find yourself in close identity with some. It is a tale that you will wish could continue.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3941676 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-03
• Released on: 2006-04-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 216 pages

Customer Reviews

Arjuna:The White Elephant
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I found it to be delightful and intriguing. My son, Patrick (age 17)enjoyed this book as well and has recommended it to his English teacher as a "must read"!
We hope to see more books from Mr. Mroz.

Arjuna the White Elephant
This book has moved me in ways that can barely be described in English. Most characters in this book speak well and are intelligent, which gives the book a touch of elegance. Arjuna covers topics such as spirituality, renewed life after death, love, understanding, hope, and the meaning of life.
Life is but a breath of the eternal, a blink of the collossal eye. How will you make a difference? Does it even matter? This book, this thing that some may regard as a white elephant, will stay forever in my heart (and ever present on my book shelf). It will be read and re-read during my lifetime!
I find that I have grown very close to all of these characters. I would say more about them but in my affection for it I do not wish to spoil such a beautiful book. I have been inspired to find a copy of the Gita and read it. This book has opened up whole new worlds to me, as it may just do for you.

COME BACK ARJUNA
ARJUNA THE WHITE ELEPHANT by Richard P. Mroz was... or at least started out as one of the most enjoyable reads I have come across in some time.

However, despite the metaphorical and metaphysical story line, Mroz suddenly seems to run out of "reative fuel",pulls off the side of the road and then...stops.

I understand that life is like the Lotus blossom on the cover of the book. It seeds and strugles in the muck of life only to outgrow it's adversities and then; developes into a thing of great beauty. Naturally, it's life is short, and then...it simply dies.

Mros'character's lives are short as well, too short! The reader would have enjoyed a little more insight into their final years and perhaps... a little more hapiness in-between?

It truly appears that Mros started out with a great idea, but somewhere in the middle decided that Arjuna was in fact, his own ..."White Elephant".