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The Penguin book of modern Tibetan essays / edited by Tenzin Dickie.

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Gurugram, India : Vintage, an imprint of Penguin Random House India, 2023.

Tibetan essays -- Translations into English.

Tibetan literature -- Translations into English.

Tibet Region -- Social life and customs -- History.

Tibet Region -- Social life and customs.

9780670095124 (hardback) :

xix, 300 pages ; 22 cm

Introduction: Literature in the Bardo / Tenzin Dickie -- Nation of two / Tsering Wangmo Dhompa -- Unhealed / Bhuchung D. Sonam -- Fragments of Gontse: Remembering my friend Gonpo Tsering / Pema Bhum, translated by Tenzin Dickie -- Love letters / Topden Tsering -- The embassy of Tibet / Tenzin Dickie -- Dram / Gedun Rabsal, translated by Dhondup T. Rekjong and Catherine Tsuji -- A day in exile / Dhondup T. Rekjong -- Oral traditions / Mila Samdub -- Some things are felt through the body / Lekey Leidecker -- Travelling in Bardo / Ann Tashi Slater -- My journey to Lhasa / Jamyang Norbu -- An Amcho's recitation / Pema Bhum, translated by Tenzin Dickie -- Garpon La's offerings / Tsering Woeser, translated by Dechen Pemba and Fiona Sze-Lorrain -- Calcutta evening / Ann Tashi Slater -- The prince of Tibet / Chhimi Tenduf-la -- Lost in Lhasa / Tenzin Dorjee -- Catch and release: Brushes with the amorphous uncomfortable / Chime Lama -- My kind of exile / Tenzin Tsundue -- A child's Losar in Darjeeling / Tenzing Sonam -- The awe-inspiring culture / Nyen, translated by Dhondup T. Rekjong -- Thinking about my teacher on Teacher's Day / Sangdor, translated by Lowell Cook -- In the embrace of letting go / Topden Tsering -- A stranger in my native land: Kumbum / Tenzing Sonam -- Nowhere to call home / Tenzin Tsundue -- The lottery / Tenzin Dickie -- The journey / Pema Tsewang Shastri -- The man who can never go home / Lhashamgyal, translated by Tenzin Dickie and Pema Tsewang Shastri -- Three years in Lhasa / Tsewang Yishey Pemba.

A groundbreaking anthology of modern Tibetan non-fiction. This unprecedented collection celebrates the art of the modern Tibetan essay and comprises some of the best Tibetan writers working today in Tibetan, English and Chinese.

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