Tales of Tibet : sky burials, prayer wheels, and wind horses / edited and translated by Herbert J. Batt ; foreword by Tsering Shakya.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Batt, Herbert J., 1945-

Series:

Asian voices (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.)

Asian voices

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Tales--China--Tibet Autonomous Region.

Tales.

China--Tibet Autonomous Region.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 269 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Sky burials, prayer wheels, and wind horses

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. ; Oxford : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2001]

Summary:

Vivid and varied images of Tibet spring to life in this first collection of fiction on the country ever translated into English. As the storytellers portray Tibetan hunting traditions, Buddhist lore, and burial rites, they lure readers into a haunting and unfamiliar land.

Contents:

1 Vagrant Spirit / Ma Yuan 5

2 A Fiction / Ma Yuan 23

3 A Ballad of the Himalayas / Ma Yuan 63

4 Encounter / Ge Fei 77

5 Tibet: A Soul Knotted on a Leather Thong / Tashi Dawa 105

6 The Glory of a Wind Horse / Tashi Dawa 127

7 For Whom the Bell Tolls / Tashi Dawa 149

8 An Old Nun Tells Her Story / Geyang 163

9 A God without Gender / Yangdon 177

10 Wind over the Grasslands / Alai 189

11 The Circular Day / Sebo 205

12 In Search of Musk / Feng Liang 217

13 A Blind Woman Selling Red Apples / Yan Geling 225

14 Stick Out the Fur on Your Tongue or It's All a Void III. The Weevil V. The Final Aspersion / Ma Jian 235.

ISBN:

0742500527

0742500535

OCLC:

45714669