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In 1950s' Tibet, Puton, a young crippled woman viewed as an omen of bad luck by villagers, meets a stranger - Jamie, a young Scot. Both are lonely and isolated, and as their attraction grows, Communist China invades Tibet. The villagers must flee to safety, led by Jamie and a Buddhist Monk.

Authoritative guide teaching storytelling, explaining narrative structures and characterisation, and providing examples from classic and modern literature.

This book is a portrait of an ancient culture remoulded to the purposes of ethnic rebellion.

A beautifully written and absorbing novel about exile and redemption, set against the stark Patagonian wilderness in 1915 in which a French doctor with good intentions finds himself isolated and adrift. His efforts to save the indigenous people from the ravages of the colonial invaders are rewarded when the beautiful Silke Kahn arrives in the rural outpost he has made his home.

In a remote 1950s Tibetan village, on the border with China, Puton, a young woman, crippled and widowed, and now seen as an omen of bad luck by the villagers, meets a stranger -- a young Scot, Jamie. Both are lonely and isolated. As their attraction for each other grows, Communist China invades Tibet. The villagers must flee to safety, and their epic journey, exhilarating and appalling by turns, is an adventure both dangerous and harrowing, wi...

The Karen, one of Burma's many minority peoples, have been waging an increasingly desperate war for autonomy against the Burmese government since 1949. Karen society in Burma has been little studied since the 1920s, and recent writers have been forced (by Burma's "closed door" policies) to concentrate on Karen refugee communities in Thailand. This book is a portrait of an ancient culture remolded to the purposes of ethnic rebellion. The pictur...

This remarkable debut novel from a stirring new voice in fiction tells a tale of love and war, set during the 1950s Chinese invasion of Tibet, resulting in a story that is by turns tender and wrenching, and wholly unforgettable.