Kunzang Choden: 4 books

Bhutanese Tales of the Yeti is a collection of twenty-two stories set in four different regions of Bhutan. The presence of the yeti is ubiquitous to the kingdoms of the Himalayas, where beliefs and attitudes related to it go beyond scientific judgment and analysis. The Bhutanese consider the yeti,...

These deceptively simple stories uncover both the complexity and irony of women’s lives in Bhutan today. They show how ordinary lives, choices and experiences are both remarkable and poignant. In ‘I am a Small Person’, a despised woman uses her feminity as a means to control a man; the young girl...

From the author of Bhutanese Tales of the Yeti another dip into the library of the storytellers from the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan.Folktales of Bhutan is a collection of thirty-eight folktales and legends and is a first attempt by a Bhutanese to record in English the oral tradition of this...

La quindicenne Tsomo, figlia di un religioso laico di un remoto villaggio butanese, è dedita ai lavori domestici, dei campi, alla cura dei fratelli e alla tessitura. Ma il suo desiderio è quello di studiare e apprendere i testi religiosi del buddismo, ambito riservato ai soli maschi. Lascia quindi...