Tales of Tibet : sky burials, prayer wheels, and wind horses /
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| Imprint: | Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2001. |
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| Description: | xxiv, 269 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Asian voices |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4493476 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Vagrant Spirit
- 2. A Fiction
- 3. A Ballad of the Himalayas
- 4. Encounter
- 5. Tibet: A Soul Knotted on a Leather Thong
- 6. The Glory of a Wind Horse
- 7. For Whom the Bell Tolls
- 8. An Old Nun Tells Her Story
- 9. A God without Gender
- 10. Wind over the Grasslands
- 11. The Circular Day
- 12. In Search of Musk
- 13. A Blind Woman Selling Red Apples
- 14. Stick Out the Fur on Your Tongue or It's All a Void III. The Weevil V. The Final Aspersion
- Glossary
- About the Authors
- About the Translator