by Xinran · Philippe Picquier · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782809703078
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«Funérailles célestes» is the novel by Xinran published by Philippe Picquier in 2012 in paperback (224 pages, in French).
In 1956, Wen refuses to accept the death of her husband, a military doctor posted to Tibet, and sets out to find him. Taken in by a Tibetan family, she discovers a culture and spirituality that transform her life as she travels through a land marked by silence and vastness.
Originally published in English as «Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet» (2004); this French edition is from 2012, in the Picquier poche collection.
For readers of historical fiction and travel narratives, especially those interested in Tibet and twentieth-century China.
Xuē Xīnrán is a British-Chinese journalist, author, speaker, and advocate for women's issues. She was a popular radio personality in China with a call-in program named "Words on the Night Breeze" from 1989 to 1997. The program focused on women's issues and life stories. She was well known for travelling extensively in China to interview women for her work. In 1997, she moved to London and began writing stories of the women she met along her journeys. Her first book, The Good Women of China, was published in 2002, becoming an international bestseller. She frequently contributes to The Guardian and the BBC.
