by Xinran · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782877307529
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«Funérailles célestes» is Xinran's testimonial and historical novel, published by Philippe Picquier in paperback (190 pages, in French).
In 1956, Wen, a medical student, refuses to accept the death of her husband, an army doctor, on the Tibetan plateau and sets out to find him. The journey leads her to live with a Tibetan family, whose customs and spirituality transform her way of understanding the world. A story of love, loyalty and loss in an extreme landscape.
The novel was originally published in 2004 as Sky Burial; the French edition is from 2005. Translated from English by Maïa Bhârathî, with an epilogue by Claude B. Levenson.
For readers interested in the recent history of China and Tibet, women's testimonies and travel narratives with a spiritual backdrop.
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.
