Sky Burial
An Epic Love Story of Tibet
Fiction & Literature, Cultural Heritage, Action Suspense, Romance
| Author: | Xinran | ISBN: | 9780307497895 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | November 11, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Anchor | Language: | English |
| Author: | Xinran |
| ISBN: | 9780307497895 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | November 11, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Anchor |
| Language: | English |
It was 1994 when Xinran, a journalist and the internationally acclaimed author of The Good Women of China, received a telephone call asking her to travel four hours to meet a woman who had just crossed the border from Tibet into China.
Xinran made the trip and met the woman, called Shu Wen, who recounted the story of her thirty-year odyssey in the vast landscape of Tibet. In Sky Burial, Xinran has re-created Shu Wen’s journey, painting an extraordinary portrait of a woman and a land, each at the mercy of fate and politics. It is an unforgettable, ultimately uplifting tale of love, loss, loyalty, and survival.
It was 1994 when Xinran, a journalist and the internationally acclaimed author of The Good Women of China, received a telephone call asking her to travel four hours to meet a woman who had just crossed the border from Tibet into China.
Xinran made the trip and met the woman, called Shu Wen, who recounted the story of her thirty-year odyssey in the vast landscape of Tibet. In Sky Burial, Xinran has re-created Shu Wen’s journey, painting an extraordinary portrait of a woman and a land, each at the mercy of fate and politics. It is an unforgettable, ultimately uplifting tale of love, loss, loyalty, and survival.
