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International Bestseller
Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
Shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize
For readers of Homegoing and The Leavers, a compelling and profound debut novel about a Tibetan familys journey through exile.
In the wake of Chinas invasion of Tibet throughout the 1950s, Lhamo and her younger sister, Tenkyi, arrive at a refugee camp in Nepal. They survived the dangerous journey across the Himalayas, but their parents did not. As Lhamohaunted by the loss of her homeland and her mother, a village oracletries to rebuild a life amid a shattered community, hope arrives in the form of a young man named Samphel and his uncle, who brings with him the ancient statue of the Nameless Sainta relic known to vanish and reappear in times of need.
Decades later, the sisters are separated, and Tenkyi is living with Lhamos daughter, Dolma, in Toronto. While Tenkyi works as a cleaner and struggles with traumatic memories, Dolma vies for a place as a scholar of Tibetan Studies. But when Dolma comes across the Nameless Saint in a collectors vault, she must decide what she is willing to do for her community, even if it means risking her dreams.
Breathtaking in its scope and powerful in its intimacy, We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies is a gorgeously written meditation on colonization, displacement, and the lengths well go to remain connected to our families and ancestral lands. Told through the lives of four people over fifty years, this novel provides a nuanced, moving portrait of the little-known world of Tibetan exiles.
Author: Tsering Yangzom Lama
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 05/17/2022
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.4lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.10w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781635576412
Language: English
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