Tales of Tibet

by Batt, Herbert J.; Shakya, Tsering; Batt, Herbert J. (CON); Liang, Feng (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780742500532
• ISBN10: 0742500535
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Tsering Shakya
Acknowledgments	xxiv
Introduction	1	(4)
Herbert J. Batt
Vagrant Spirit	5	(18)
Ma Yuan
A Fiction	23	(40)
Ma Yuan
A Ballad of the Himalayas	63	(14)
Ma Yuan
Encounter	77	(28)
Ge Fei
Tibet: A Soul Knotted on a Leather Thong	105	(22)
Tashi Dawa
The Glory of a Wind Horse	127	(22)
Tashi Dawa
For Whom the Bell Tolls	149	(14)
Tashi Dawa
An Old Nun Tells Her Story	163	(14)
Geyang
A God without Gender	177	(12)
Yangdon
Wind over the Grasslands	189	(16)
Alai
The Circular Day	205	(12)
Sebo
In Search of Musk	217	(8)
Feng Liang
A Blind Woman Selling Red Apples	225	(10)
Yan Geling
Stick Out the Fur on Your Tongue or It's All a Void	235	(20)
The Weevil
The Final Aspersion
Ma Jian
Glossary	255	(4)
About the Authors	259	(10)
About the Translator	269