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The Red Wind Howls
A Novel
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Tsering Dondrup
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Translated by:
Christopher Peacock
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2025
About this book
A remarkable novel by one of Tibet’s foremost authors, The Red Wind Howls is a courageous and gripping portrayal of Tibetan suffering under Mao’s regime.
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Tsering Döndrup is one of modern Tibet’s most celebrated writers, the author of several novels and collections of short fiction. His work has been translated into numerous languages, and he is the recipient of several literary awards. Tsering Döndrup self-published The Red Wind Howls in 2006 because no publisher would risk accepting it. When the authorities caught on, all copies were confiscated and the author faced severe reprisals, which continue to this day.
Christopher Peacock is assistant professor of East Asian studies at Dickinson College. Among his translations are Tsering Döndrup’s The Handsome Monk and Other Stories (Columbia, 2019) and Tsering Yangkyi’s Flowers of Lhasa (2022).
Christopher Peacock is assistant professor of East Asian studies at Dickinson College. Among his translations are Tsering Döndrup’s The Handsome Monk and Other Stories (Columbia, 2019) and Tsering Yangkyi’s Flowers of Lhasa (2022).
Reviews
Nicki J Marcus:
It's an important work that tells of a somewhat hidden part of recent history, but its narrative style is not going to be for everyone.
It's an important work that tells of a somewhat hidden part of recent history, but its narrative style is not going to be for everyone.
Tsering Yangzom Lama, award-winning author of We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies:
The Red Wind Howls is a masterpiece of world literature, a rare work that captures the little-known violence and madness of modern Tibetan existence under colonial occupation. Produced at great personal cost, Tsering Döndrup's novel is one of the most important and dangerous in the Tibetan canon. A document of profound human courage and moral clarity.
Woeser, author of Forbidden Memory: Tibet During the Cultural Revolution:
Part Gulag Archipelago, part One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Red Wind Howls breaks the curse of erased memory imposed by the colonial powers. An urgent, tragic, and vital testimony for the Tibetan people.
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CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION. THE UNSPEAKABLE HISTORY OF THE RED WIND HOWLS
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June 17, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9780231559997
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320
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