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S'està carregant… The Circle of Karma (2005)de Kunzang Choden
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. The Circle of Karma tells the story of Tsomo, who is born in the mountainous kingdom of Bhutan in the 1940s/50s. She experiences a series of misfortunes—two unhappy marriages, a miscarriage, chronic illness—before she finally becomes a Buddhist nun. On the level of craft, this is not a particularly good book. I wasn't really convinced by Kunzang Choden's characters as people (characterisation is wildly inconsistent), and the book is riddled with typos (cooking with "cotiander", houses built with "wooden plants", "mani colleagues", etc.) and other basic issues (I lost track of how many times the narrative shifted from past to present tense and back, sometimes within the space of a paragraph). What interest the book has derives largely from the fact that, at the time of its publication almost 20 years ago, it was the first novel in English (perhaps the first novel?) written by a Bhutanese woman, and from its rich description of daily live in Bhutan before it began to open up to outsiders at all. ( ) What I love so much about holidays is, that I can read an interesting and nice book in one sitting. And that's exactly what I did with this one. I had never read a book set in Bhutan and liked it very much. I must admit that I deliberatly took off my western glasses, tainted by the time I was born in and the upbringing I received. For this book that worked very well and I enjoyed it a lot. Recomnended! In the prologue, one character describes the main character Tsomo by saying, "When Tsomo talks of her life, Lham Yeshi thinks of a river flowing its course. She talks smoothly most of the time, some memories bringing forth laughter like a gurgling brook, sometimes she roars passionately like a tumultuous river in spite and, like a river, she draws into her course everybody in her path." I feel that is also a good description of the tone and pace of this book. I enjoyed it immensely, and felt I did learn a lot about Bhutanese culture and thinking. The author clearly describes the customs and attitudes that give context to and often create the situations in which the main character finds herself. She often does this by pointing out common sayings in response to situations, such as wives who are told "If you had taken better care of your husband, you would not have this problem" when their husbands are found cheating on them. In this way it reminded me of Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart". This book only missed 4 stars for me due to some occasionally awkward transitions and editing, but overall, a great read. Written by a Bhutanese female author, this is the (fictional) life story of a Bhutanese woman who left her village as a young adult, and spent her life moving between various places in the area where Bhutan, India, Tibet, and Nepal meet. It is somewhere between a folk tale and a modern novel. I liked it a lot for its very lively account of the daily life of an illiterate but not stupid Bhutanese woman. It is somewhat feminist, but mostly very Buddhist. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
The first English-language novel ever written by a woman from the Himalayan nation of Bhutan, The Circle of Karma has engaged and absorbed readers from around the world since its 2005 publication. Written originally in English, it tells the story of Tsomo, a fifteen-year-old girl caught up in the everyday realities of household life and work. But when her mother dies, Tsomo suddenly feels called to travel and sets off toward a faraway village to light ritual butter lamps in her mother's memory. Her travels take her to distant places, across Bhutan and into India, evolving into a major life journey. As she faces the world alone, Tsomo slowly begins to find herself, growing as a person and as a woman. Kunzang Choden's measured, nuanced prose and multilevel narrative weave a complex tapestry of life and its rituals in Bhutan and across South Asia. Newly reissued as part of Zubaan's anniversary celebrating a decade of cutting-edge feminist publishing, this extraordinary novel is poised to be discovered by a broad and enthusiastic new audience. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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