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The Talisman of Good Fortune and Other Stories from Rural Bhutan
The Talisman of Good Fortune and Other Stories from Rural Bhutan is a collection of nine fictitious short stories based on rural Bhutanese culture, beliefs and norms. The stories take the reader through some of the most simple beliefs, and lives, of the lay Buddhist rural Bhutanese in particular, and most Bhutanese in general, to the most complex and eerie but equally fascinating world of The Poison Givers, Persons with the Evil Spirit of the Living, Persons who cast Evil Spells, and what the author calls 'The Clandestine Foes.' The stories provide the reader a good insight of the 'least known' (to the outside world) and the 'least written' side of the rural Bhutanese life. Furthermore, the stories are highly thought provoking.
174 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2002
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March 19, 2019
Some of the early chapters are painfully overwritten, and would have benefited from some editing. That said, the stories offer some insight into Bhutanese culture and bring back memories of my visit there.
September 30, 2018
Extraordinary short stories from village Bhutan. It's not exactly fairy tales book as the stories are sometimes way to scary for children. It's also not traditional folk tales but original stories inspired by local myths.
It's quite entertaining reading and great pity, that book is sold out and not reprinted again.
It's quite entertaining reading and great pity, that book is sold out and not reprinted again.
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