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Sky Burial

By Xinran

Sky Burial Social Sciences

Sky Burial

By Xinran

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Description
As a young girl in China Xinran heard a rumour about a soldier in Tibet who had been brutally fed to the vultures in a ritual known as a sky burial: the tale frightened and fascinated her. Several decades later Xinran met Shu Wan, a Chinese woman who had spent years searching for her missing husband who had been serving as a doctor in Tibet; her extraordinary life story would unravel the legend of the sky burial. For thirty years she was lost in the wild and alien landscape of Tibet, in the vast and silent plateaus and the magisterial mountain ranges, living with communities of nomads moving with the seasons and struggling to survive. In this haunting book, Xinran recreates Shu Wen's remarkable journey in an epic story of love, loss, loyalty and survival. Moving, shocking and, ultimately, uplifting Sky Burial paints a unique portrait of a woman and a land, both at the mercy of fate and politics.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
176
Release Date:
2005-07-07
Publication Date:
2005-07-07
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
009946193500622687400062248480
ISBN13:
9780099461937
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
169 g
Height:
131 cm
Width:
197 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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