Sky Burial [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Xinran

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0099461935 ISBN 13: 9780099461937

Casa editrice: Vintage, 2005

Riassunto

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.

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Recensione:

"A romantic epic of loss and redemption, of stoic constancy in the face of the vagaries of fate" (Financial Times)

"Part family story, part mystical adventure in an alien culture, it's like Wild Swans crossed with Seven Years in Tibet" (Condé Nast Traveller)

"This little-known culture has been brought vividly to life through the incredible love story of Shu Wen. This story of an extraordinary woman written by an extraordinary woman will stay with you long after closing the book" (Sunday Times)

Descrizione del libro:

An epic story of Tibet from the author of The Good Women of China.

'An epic of love, loss and wisdom - almost unbearably sad but ultimately uplifting' Mail on Sunday

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• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0099461935
• ISBN 13: 9780099461937
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 176