Review
For eight groundbreaking
years, Xinran presented a nightly radio
programme in China called
Words on the
Night Breeze, during which she invited
women to call in and talk about themselves.
Her first book,
The Good Women of China,
is the story of how she reached out to women
across the country, despite the restrictions
imposed on Chinese journalists. She reveals
stories of inconceivable suffering; forced
marriages, sexual abuse, repression...Yet
above all her stories reveal how love
survives; that despite cruelty, despite
politics, the female urge to nurture and
cherish remains -
Sky Burial is a
novelization of one of the stories she was
told.
Xinran says "Chinese...
Beyond the Book
About
Tibet
With an average elevation of
14-16,000 feet (sources differ),
it's the highest nation on earth
(by comparison, the highest
mountain in the 48 contiguous
states is Mt. Whitney at
14,494 feet)
Five of Asia's great rivers
including the Indus, Mekong and
Brahmaputra have their
headwaters in Tibet.
Nearly half the world's
population lives downstream from
Tibet.
Tibet's unique ecosystem is
home to many rare species
including the snow leopard, blue
sheep and...
