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“Xinran tells the story with spare elegance, doing particular justice to the awesome emptiness and silence of Tibet…. The text paints Tibet as outside time and politics, an elemental backdrop for musing on love everlasting and noble suffering.”
–The Globe and Mail
“Woven through with fascinating details of Tibetan culture and Buddhism, Xinran’s story portrays a poignant, beautiful attempt at reconciliation.”
–Publishers Weekly
“This story of one extraordinary woman written by another extraordinary woman will stay with you long after closing the book.”
–Sunday Times
“Time is uncertain in Sky Burial, which lends a mesmerizing, floating quality to the narrative. I felt lulled into a sense of timelessness, aware of the connectedness of all things, as one may experience in visits to Tibet.”
–Chicago Tribune
Praise for Xinran’s The Good Women of China:
“Remarkably evocative, bursting with details that make each account haunting. These stories have all the force of good fiction.”
—The Washington Post
“The Good Women of China is delicate, beautiful, low-key and devastating.”
—Toronto Star
–The Globe and Mail
“Woven through with fascinating details of Tibetan culture and Buddhism, Xinran’s story portrays a poignant, beautiful attempt at reconciliation.”
–Publishers Weekly
“This story of one extraordinary woman written by another extraordinary woman will stay with you long after closing the book.”
–Sunday Times
“Time is uncertain in Sky Burial, which lends a mesmerizing, floating quality to the narrative. I felt lulled into a sense of timelessness, aware of the connectedness of all things, as one may experience in visits to Tibet.”
–Chicago Tribune
Praise for Xinran’s The Good Women of China:
“Remarkably evocative, bursting with details that make each account haunting. These stories have all the force of good fiction.”
—The Washington Post
“The Good Women of China is delicate, beautiful, low-key and devastating.”
—Toronto Star
Book Description
In 2002 Xinran’s Good Women of China became an international bestseller, revealing startling new truths about Chinese life to the West. Now she returns with an epic story of love, friendship, courage and sacrifice set in Chinese-occupied Tibet.
Based on a true story, Xinran’s extraordinary second book takes the reader right to the hidden heart of one of the world’s most mysterious and inaccessible countries. In March 1958, Shu Wen learns that her husband, an idealistic army doctor, has died while serving in Tibet. Determined to find out what happened to him, she courageously sets off to join his regiment. But to her horror, instead of finding a Tibetan people happily welcoming their Chinese “liberators” as she expected, she walks into a bloody conflict, with the Chinese subject to terrifying attacks from Tibetan guerrillas. It seems that her husband may have died as a result of this clash of cultures, this disastrous misunderstanding. But before she can know his fate, she is taken hostage and embarks on a life-changing journey through the Tibetan countryside — a journey that will last twenty years and lead her to a deep appreciation of Tibet in all its beauty and brutality. Sadly, when she finally discovers the truth about her husband, she must carry her knowledge back to a China that, in her absence, has experienced the Cultural Revolution and changed beyond recognition. . .
From the Hardcover edition.
Based on a true story, Xinran’s extraordinary second book takes the reader right to the hidden heart of one of the world’s most mysterious and inaccessible countries. In March 1958, Shu Wen learns that her husband, an idealistic army doctor, has died while serving in Tibet. Determined to find out what happened to him, she courageously sets off to join his regiment. But to her horror, instead of finding a Tibetan people happily welcoming their Chinese “liberators” as she expected, she walks into a bloody conflict, with the Chinese subject to terrifying attacks from Tibetan guerrillas. It seems that her husband may have died as a result of this clash of cultures, this disastrous misunderstanding. But before she can know his fate, she is taken hostage and embarks on a life-changing journey through the Tibetan countryside — a journey that will last twenty years and lead her to a deep appreciation of Tibet in all its beauty and brutality. Sadly, when she finally discovers the truth about her husband, she must carry her knowledge back to a China that, in her absence, has experienced the Cultural Revolution and changed beyond recognition. . .
From the Hardcover edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Short, Powerful Story,
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This review is from: Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet (Hardcover)
Whether the story is true as purported, or not, Sky Burial is a stark and beautiful tale of true love and commitment, searching and discovery. The author leaves enough questions unanswered, enough hopes dashed, that it could well be real life. If you have lived, you will recognize it.The characters are beautiful sketches - one could do more more with 200 pages - but like the best sketch, always enough for us to understand. On a side note, the novel offers some interesting insight into the beliefs (inspired by propoganda or otherwise) of the Chinese in Tibet - that they have a long history in Tibet and have come to bring the benefits of modern society and development - rather than as an occupying army. Not for me to take a side, but an interesting point of view not often reflected in the West. In any case, a great novel, easily read in a day or weekend, and well worth your time.
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An epic trai of love,
By John Egbe (Atlanta,GA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet (Hardcover)
This epic story of love and endurance captured my heart, taking me into an alien world and culture of polyandry. Taking the reader through Chinese patriotism and domination in Tibet to the way of life of Tibetan monks and nomads, we learn of the odyssey of a woman who went through life sticking to her faith in her lost love, participating in history and testing her commitment against the trials of adversity.SKY BURIAL puts adversity and commitment at the highest test. Other titles that test commitment are WAR AND PEACE, UNION MOUJIK, and DISCIPLES OF FORTUNE. They give us a unique perspective of amazing characters that defy adversity.
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Well written story of loving compassion between a Chinese woman and Tibetan nomads,
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This review is from: Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet (Paperback)
Shu Wen and her husband had been married for only a few months in the 1960s when he joined the Chinese army and was sent to Tibet to unify the two countries. Shortly after he left, she was notified that he had been killed. Determined to find the truth, Shu Wen joined a militia unit going to the Tibetan north, where she was soon separated from her regiment. Without supplies and knowledge of the language, she wandered, trying to find her way until, on the brink of death, she was rescued by a family of nomads under whose protection she moved from place to place with the seasons and eventually came to discover the details of her husband's death.I read this book at the same time as the The Unknown Story of Mao. This book with its loving compassion between Chinese and Tibetans was a much needed antidote to the chillingly brutal terror inflicted by Mao.
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