Handsome Monk and Other Stories

Zusatztext Tsering Döndrup's characters are steeped in the anxieties of modernity as they negotiate worlds secular and religious! hyper-real and fantastic. These short stories reflect sharp and highly critical Tibetan perspectives on the nature of life! love! family! truth! and self-identity. This collection is nothing short of a masterpiece. Informationen zum Autor Tsering Döndrup was born in 1961 in Qinghai! China. He began writing in the early 1980s and has published numerous collections of short fiction and four full-length novels. His work has been translated into several languages! and he is the recipient of a number of Tibetan! Mongolian! and nationwide literary prizes in China. ? Christopher Peacock is a PhD candidate at Columbia University. Klappentext Tsering Doendrup is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed authors writing in Tibetan today. The Handsome Monk and Other Stories brings together short stories from across Tsering Doendrup's career to create a panorama of Tibetan society. Zusammenfassung Tsering Döndrup is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed authors writing in Tibetan today. The Handsome Monk and Other Stories brings together short stories from across Tsering Döndrup’s career to create a panorama of Tibetan society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The Disturbance in D- Camp 2. Piss and Pride 3. Ralo 4. A Show to Delight the Masses 5. One Mani 6. Mahjong 7. The Story of the Moon 8. A Formula 9. The Handsome Monk 10. Revenge 11. Nose Rings 12. Brothers 13. The Last Man to Care for His Parents 14. Black Fox Valley 15. Notes of a Volunteer AIDS Worker

Product details

• Authors: Tshe-Ring-Don-Grub, Tsering Dondrup
• Assisted by: Christopher Peacock (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 28.02.2019
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9780231190220
• ISBN: 978-0-231-19022-0
• Pages: 216
• Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia; Weatherhead Books on Asia
• Subjects: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); FICTION / Literary; Short Stories; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / General; Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary