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Lama, Tsering Yangzom.
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Relics -- Fiction.
Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.
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Lama, Tsering Yangzom.
Sisters -- Fiction.
Refugees -- Fiction.
Refugees, Tibetan -- Fiction.
Relics -- Fiction.
Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.
Tibetans -- Canada -- Fiction.
Toronto (Ont.) -- Fiction.
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We measure the earth with our bodies : a novel / Tsering Yangzom Lama.
by
Lama, Tsering Yangzom.
McClelland & Stewart, 2022.
Call #:
FICTION
LAM
Subjects
Sisters
--
Fiction
.
Refugees
--
Fiction
.
Refugees, Tibetan
--
Fiction
.
Relics
--
Fiction
.
Emigration and immigration
--
Fiction
.
Tibetans
--
Canada
--
Fiction
.
Toronto (Ont.)
--
Fiction
.
ISBN:
9780771047244 (trade pbk.)
Description:
349 p. ; 23 cm.
Summary:
"In the wake of China's 1959 invasion of Tibet, Lhamo and her sister, Tenkyi, arrive at a refugee camp on the border of Nepal, having survived the dangerous journey across the Himalayas into exile when so many others did not. As Lhamo
--
haunted by the loss of her homeland and her mother, the village oracle
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tries to rebuild a life amid a shattered community, hope arrives in the form of a young man named Samphel, whose uncle brings with him the ancient statue of the Nameless Saint, a relic long rumoured to vanish and reappear in times of need. Decades later, the sisters are separated, and Tenkyi is living with Lhamo's daughter, Dolma, in Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood. While Tenkyi works as a cleaner and struggles with traumatic memories, Dolma vies for a place as a scholar of Tibet Studies. But when Dolma comes across the Nameless Saint in a collector's vault, she must decide what she is willing to do for her community, even if it means risking her dreams. Breathtaking in scope and powerfully intimate, We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies is a gorgeously written meditation on colonization, displacement, and the lengths we'll go to remain connected to our families and ancestral lands. Told through the lives of four people over fifty years, this beautifully lyrical debut novel provides a nuanced portrait of the little-known world of Tibetan exiles."--From publisher.
Genre:
Canadian
fiction
.
First novel.
Holds:
5
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