SkyBurialAnEpicLoveStoryofTibet
- 作者
- 出版社 RandomHouseUK
- 出版时间 2005年7月
- ISBN 9780099461937
- 定价 91.30
内容简介
Xinran'sextraordinarysecondbooktakesthereaderrighttothehiddenheartofoneoftheworld'smostmysteriousandinaccessiblecountries.InMarch1958,aChinesewomanlearnsthatherhusband,anidealisticarmydoctor,hasdiedwhilstservinginTibet.Determinedtoknowwhathashappenedtohim,shesetsoffcourageouslytojoinhisregiment.Toherhorror,insteadoffindingaTibetanpeoplewelcomingtheirChinese'liberators',shewalksintoabloodyconflict,withtheChinesesubjecttoterrifyingattacksfromTibetanguerrillas.Beforeshecanknowherhusband'sfate,sheistakenhostageandembarksonalife-changingjourneythroughtheTibetancountryside-ajourneythatwilllasttwentyyearsandleadhertoadeepappreciationofTibetancultureinallitsbeautyandbrutality.ShemeetstravellerswhotellstoriesofastrangergivenaTibetanskyburial(hiscorpseleftintheopenwheresacredeaglescomedowntotakepiecesuptoparadise).Tragically,whenshefinallydiscoversthatherhusbandsacrificedhimselftocreatepeacebetweentwofatallydifferentsocieties,shemustcarryherknowledgebacktoaChinathat,inherabsence,hasexperiencedtheCulturalRevolutionandchangedbeyondrecognitiona
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