Red Poppies : A Novel of Tibet

from heidilove

subtle and engaging. this is one of those books that tell more inbetween the lines than in the overt telling. a treasure of tibet, of tradition, and of the unraveling of both.

from dwhill

A wonderful novel that compares favorably with Graves's I, Claudius. Alai takes you into the corrupt heart of early 20th Century Tibet with the surety of a master storyteller.

from heidilove

subtle and engaging. this is one of those books that tell more inbetween the lines than in the overt telling. a treasure of tibet, of tradition, and of the unraveling of both.

from dwhill

A wonderful novel that compares favorably with Graves's I, Claudius. Alai takes you into the corrupt heart of early 20th Century Tibet with the surety of a master storyteller.

from neurodrew

A rarity, a novel that I started and dropped for lack of interest. It is the story of a chieftan's clan in Tibet in the 1930's, dying as the Chinese communists take over. I lost interest in the lead character, and the sordid minor details of casual sex and killing. I skipped ahead to the predicta...