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| Apr 17 2008, 7:44 PM EDT (current) | Meekalee | 78 words added, 4 words deleted, 1 photo added, 1 photo deleted |
| Jan 26 2008, 1:50 PM EST | Meekalee | 1 word added, 1 word deleted |
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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.
Meeka says:
This is most definitely a haunting book and an undeniable love story. I was entranced from the opening pages and couldn't put it down.To think that this is a true story is so remarkable what this one woman went through to find her husband. I felt very sad for her at the end of the book, as her China had changed and her family had disappeared. I truly hope that she has found peace and happiness.
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.
Meeka says:
This is most definitely a haunting book and an undeniable love story. I was entranced from the opening pages and couldn't put it down.To think that this is a true story is so remarkable what this one woman went through to find her husband. I felt very sad for her at the end of the book, as her China had changed and her family had disappeared. I truly hope that she has found peace and happiness.
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