The Penguin Book of Modern Tibetan Essays - Hardcover

by Dickie Tenzin (Editor)

The Penguin Book of Modern Tibetan Essays is a groundbreaking anthology of modern Tibetan non-fiction. This unprecedented collection celebrates the art of the modern Tibetan essay and comprises some of the best Tibetan writers working today in Tibetan, English and Chinese. There are essays on lost friends, stolen inheritances, prison notes and secret journeys from-and to-Tibet, but there are also essays on food, the Dalai Lama's Gar dancer, love letters, lotteries and the Prince of Tibet.

Author Biography

Tenzin Dickie (Anthology Editor, Author)
Tenzin Dickie is a writer and a translator. She is editor of Old Demons, New Deities: Twenty One Short Stories from Tibet, the English language anthology of modern Tibetan fiction.