This book provides a fascinating glimpse of modern Tibetan literary art. These four stories focus on women s lives in contemporary Tibet. The translation of Dondrub Gyel s A Blighted Flower forms the main work in this collection. It is a novella of seven chapters and is considered to be one of the pioneering works in modern Tibetan storytelling. The other stories in this compilation are: A Shameless Bride by Dondrub Gyel and Tshering Dondrub A Girl with Her Face Concealed by a Scarf by Tenpa Yargye and The Yellow Leaves of Summer by Tashi Palden.

Isbn No.    8186470271

Author:    Riika J. Virtanen

Publisher:    Library of Tibetan Works & Archives

Binding:    Paperback

Language :   English

Edition:    1

No. Of Pages :    154

Year Of Publication :   2002