Enticement : stories of tibet / Pema Tseden ; edited and translated by Patricia Schiaffini-Vedani and Michael Monhart ; with translations by Francoise Robin and Carl Robertson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tseden, Pema, author.

Contributor:

Schiaffini-Vedani, Patricia, editor, translator.

Monhart, Michael, editor, translator.

Robin, Françoise, translator.

Robertson, Carl, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tibetan literature.

Short stories, Tibetan--Translations into English.

Short stories, Tibetan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 pages)

Place of Publication:

Albany : SUNY Press, [2018]

Summary:

Short stories that reflect the complexities of contemporary Tibetan life, written by Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden.Enticement marks the English-language debut of prominent Tibetan writer and filmmaker Pema Tseden. This collection gathers together his most relevant and influential short stories, including "Tharlo," which he adapted into an award-winning and internationally acclaimed film in 2015. Written originally in the Chinese and Tibetan languages, these stories make use of a variety of literary styles and sources, ranging from traditional Tibetan oral tales to magical realism, surrealism, and the theater of the absurd. They humanize the Tibetan experience by stepping away from patronizing, mystic, or idealized visions of Tibet to speak with empathy and humor about the real challenges faced by Tibetans in the age of globalization.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

TRANSLATOR’S INTRODUCTION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

AUTHOR’S PREFACE

ORGYAN’S TEETH

THARLO

MEN AND DOG

AFTERNOON

EIGHT SHEEP

ENTICEMENT

A NEW GOLDEN CORPSE TALE: GUN

A SINGLE SHEET OF PAPER

GANG

THE DOCTOR

ABOUT THE TRANSLATORS

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438474274

143847427X