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