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The Handsome Monk and Other Stories / Tsering Dondrup.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Weatherhead Books on AsiaPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231190237
  • 9780231548786
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 895/.43 23
LOC classification:
  • PL3748.T776 A2 2019
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction. CORRUPT LAMAS, RELIABLE YAKS: THE FICTIONAL WORLD OF TSERING DÖNDRUP -- 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
Summary: Tsering Döndrup is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed authors writing in Tibetan today. In a distinct voice rich in black humor and irony, he describes the lives of Tibetans in contemporary China with wit, empathy, and a passionate sense of justice. The Handsome Monk and Other Stories brings together short stories from across Tsering Döndrup’s career to create a panorama of Tibetan society.With a love for the sparse yet vivid language of traditional Tibetan life, Tsering Döndrup tells tales of hypocritical lamas, crooked officials, violent conflicts, and loyal yaks. His nomad characters find themselves in scenarios that are at once strange and familiar, satirical yet poignant. The stories are set in the fictional county of Tsezhung, where Tsering Döndrup’s characters live their lives against the striking backdrop of Tibet’s natural landscape and go about their daily business to the ever-present rhythms of Tibetan religious life. Tsering Döndrup confronts pressing issues: the corruption of religious institutions; the indignities and injustices of Chinese rule; poverty and social ills such as gambling and alcoholism; and the hardships of a minority group struggling to maintain its identity in the face of overwhelming odds. Ranging in style from playful updates of traditional storytelling techniques to narrative experimentation, Tsering Döndrup’s tales pay tribute to the resilience of Tibetan culture.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction. CORRUPT LAMAS, RELIABLE YAKS: THE FICTIONAL WORLD OF TSERING DÖNDRUP -- 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

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Tsering Döndrup is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed authors writing in Tibetan today. In a distinct voice rich in black humor and irony, he describes the lives of Tibetans in contemporary China with wit, empathy, and a passionate sense of justice. The Handsome Monk and Other Stories brings together short stories from across Tsering Döndrup’s career to create a panorama of Tibetan society.With a love for the sparse yet vivid language of traditional Tibetan life, Tsering Döndrup tells tales of hypocritical lamas, crooked officials, violent conflicts, and loyal yaks. His nomad characters find themselves in scenarios that are at once strange and familiar, satirical yet poignant. The stories are set in the fictional county of Tsezhung, where Tsering Döndrup’s characters live their lives against the striking backdrop of Tibet’s natural landscape and go about their daily business to the ever-present rhythms of Tibetan religious life. Tsering Döndrup confronts pressing issues: the corruption of religious institutions; the indignities and injustices of Chinese rule; poverty and social ills such as gambling and alcoholism; and the hardships of a minority group struggling to maintain its identity in the face of overwhelming odds. Ranging in style from playful updates of traditional storytelling techniques to narrative experimentation, Tsering Döndrup’s tales pay tribute to the resilience of Tibetan culture.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jun 2024)