Tales of Tibet Sky Burials, Prayer Wheels, and Wind Horses

Vivid images of Tibet spring to life in this landmark book, the first to offer a selection of fiction by Tibetan authors, both men and women, ever published in the English-speaking world. In translation from the original Chinese, contemporary Tibetan and Chinese writers lead us to a numinous land above the clouds. Life, death, love-the universal themes of literature-assume a magical aura in haunting Tibetan settings. These literary gems-several banned in China itself-will engage general readers and students searching for a unique encounter with a Tibet struggling to maintain its age-old civilization under the cultural onslaught of the Chinese regime.