Sky burial an epic love story of tibet xinran book

Although the outcome is clear from both the title, and early indications. It is a remarkable, fascinating read, a love story of tibet and its people. Xinran made the trip and met the woman, called shu wen, who recounted the story of her thirtyyear odyssey in the vast landscape of tibet. It is in many ways a haunting love story, as the reader is taken with shu wen in her heartfelt journey to find her lost husband. Sky burial is a 2004 book by xue xinran, her second. An epic love story of tibet by xinran for online ebook. As the subtitle stated, i expected epic love story with all the works. Shu wen spent over thirty years in tibet, xinran was a journalist who had a radio program about the lives of chinese women. An epic love story of tibet by xue, xinran author paperback on 08. An epic love story of tibet by xinran it was 1994 when xinran, a journalist and the internationally acclaimed author of the good women of china, received a telephone call asking her to travel four hours to meet a woman who had just crossed the.

From xinran, the bestselling author of the good women of china, comes sky burial. 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. In sky burial, xinran has recreated shu wens journey, painting an extraordinary portrait of a woman and a land, each at the mercy of fate and politics. Written with lyrical eloquence, sky burial is many things at oncea love story, a mystery and a tale of adventure. Shu wen and her husband had been married for only a few. Book burst sky burial an epic love story of tibet by xinran. It was 1994 when xinran, a journalist and the author of the good women of china, received a. Now she returns with an epic story of love, friendship, courage and sacrifice set in chineseoccupied tibet. The book presents itself as the memoir of shu wen, told to xinran during the course of a twoday interview. The book is an extraordinary portrait of a woman and a land, each at the mercy of fate and politics. This is probably one of the most heartbreaking stories i have ever read. An epic love story of tibet a book of fiction, but xinran indicates in the preface that the novel was based on her conversations with this old chinese woman. I imagined it was the ceremonial burial of the dead in high mountains, closer to the sky.

An epic love story of tibet is a story of heroism that transcends the centuries, a tale to be passed along from. Sky burial by xinran book cover, description, publication history. It is a stepping stone for me in understanding potentially why i. It is an unforgettable, ultimately uplifting tale of love. Xinran made the trip and met the woman, called shu wen, who recounted the story of her thirtyyear odyssey in. Sky burial is a heartfelt journey into tibet that is in some ways more soulful than an actual journey there speaking as someone who has been. An epic love story of tibet is a 2005 nonfiction book by britishchinese author and journalist xue xinran who writes under the name xinran. An epic love story of tibet a deeply affecting tale about a womans thirtyyear search for her husband in the isolated, hauntingly beautiful land of tibet. A young chinese wife, shu wen, a physician, joins the army in search of her husband, kejun, is reportedly killed in tibet. It is a story of love, adventure, loss, friendship, and belonging. It was 1994 when xinran, a journalist and the internationally acclaimed author of the good women of china, received a telephone call asking her to travel four hours to meet a woman who had just crossed the border from tibet into china. It is an unforgettable, ultimately uplifting tale of love, loss, loyalty, and survival. In 2002 xinran s good women of china became an international bestseller, revealing startling new truths about chinese life to the west. An epic love story of tibet is a story of heroism that transcends the centuries, a tale to be passed along from one generation to another of one womans devotion to her husband.