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Sky Burial
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Sky Burial
Author: Xinran
ISBN: 9780099461937
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.
2005 Paperback 176 Pages
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Author: Xinran
ISBN: 9780099461937
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.
2005 Paperback 176 Pages
NEW
* FREE DELIVERY nationwide on all orders over 50.00 combine your purchases and save
* BUY WITH CONFIDENCE our feedback speaks for itself : Same day personal response to all emails, daily despatch and we don't list what we can't deliver
* PACKAGING like our books all packaging is brand new and specially designed to ensure safe, undamaged delivery
* We will match any price on Trade Me for the same new title - use Q&A at the bottom of the auction
* For this week's featured titles check our profile
* Betterbooks Your complete online bookshop
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- Seller is located in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty
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- Member since Sep 2004
Closes: Sun 3 Jun, 2:33 pm. 2012