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decline and fall of the Tibetan clan system. Within this overarching moral fable, a fascinating economic and social renaissance takes place under the narrator's notso-idiotic guidance. "Because of me," he ponders, "the words idiot, fate, good fortune, and destiny had all become synonymous." Alas, Chairman Mao's invading army will have its own declarative utterance. Stir in Buddhist doctrinal quarrels, a little Christian missionary activity, a complicated love story, not one but two tongue slicings, and more than a few Shakespearean twists in plot, and you've got the makings of one heckuva read. What we've seen of Alai's work previously--in Mänoa and Herbert J. Batt's Tales of Tibet anthology--has only been a warm-up to this meaty fare. Red Poppies captured the Mao Dun Prize, China's highest literary award, and Alai has announced it as the first of a projected trilogy. Bring it on, and think of it as a superb addition to films like Himalayas, Saltmen of Tibet, and The Horse Thief, all of which amplify and deepen other sources of wisdom--from h.h. the Dalai Lama and related teachers--about Tibet, that transcendental roof of the world that so bewitches Western imagination. trevor carolan P O E T R Y
Manoa – University of Hawai'I Press
Published: Oct 23, 2003
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