Sky Burial

Sky Burial

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name = Sky Burial
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author = Xinran Xue
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Novel
publisher = Chatto and Windus
release_date = 1 July 2004
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 256 pp
isbn = ISBN 0701176229
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Sky Burial is a 2004 novel by Xinran Xue, her second. Xue is a British-Chinese journalist who writes for "The Guardian". "Sky Burial" was listed in the Los Angeles Times as one of their favorite non-fiction books of 2005 [Listed at [http://www.metacritic.com/books/bests/2005/toptens.shtml metacritic.com] (accessed February 15, 2007)] .

Plot summary

In the 1950s, a Chinese woman goes searching for her missing husband who had been serving as a doctor in Tibet. She gradually comes to learn more about the Tibetans, including the custom of 'sky burial' practiced by some Tibetan nomads.

External links

* [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sky-Burial-Xinran/dp/0099461935 Review at Amazon]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2004_25_wed_01.shtml Review at BBC Womans Hour]
* [http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=413 Asian Review of Books]
* [http://www.literaturefestival.co.uk/2004/xinran.html Good Woman]
* [http://www.wisdom-books.com/ProductDetail.asp?PID=13614&MATCH=2 An Epic Love Story of Tibet]

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