Contributions

  • Mahany, J. T., translator - Contributor

Publication

2016 - Open Letter, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

41,250 words, Guess

Page Count

165 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781940953335
  • Open LibraryOL27205360M

Classifications

  • DDC843/.914
  • LCCPQ2682.O436 B3713 2016
  • LCCPQ2682.O436

Description

"Takes place in his universe of failed revolutions, radical shamanism, and off-kilter nomenclature. In each of these seven vignettes, someone dies and has to make their way through the Tibetan afterlife, also known as the Bardo. In the Bardo, souls wander for forty-nine days before being reborn, helped along on their journey by the teachings of the Book of the Dead. Unfortunately, Volodine's characters bungle their chances at enlightenment, with the recently dead choosing to waste away their afterlife sleeping, or choosing to be reborn as an insignificant spider. The still-living aren't much better off, making a mess of things in their own ways, such as erroneously reciting a Tibetan cookbook to a lost comrade instead of the holy book"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Bardo or not BardoOpen Letter2016

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