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Bezig met laden... Bone Mountain (2002)door Eliot Pattison
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. The further adventures of former inspector Shan Tao Yun, this is more about his path to becoming more of a monk than the actual investigation. I think if I had known that before reading I would have enjoyed the story more, though it probably would be more interesting to someone more interested in the spirituality of the area, or if I was in a more receptive mind at the time, unfortunately I was in the mmental space for a mystery or other light fiction and not really in the headspace for a book that explores the relationship between land and people. It's an interesting book with a minor sideline in a detective story, much of what drives Shan is his growing spirituality and his lingering curiousity. If you want to gain some insights into Tibetan-Chinese relations, read this series, starting with The Skull Mantra! It reveals a most-disturbing situation, which will probably change the way you view China. (That from someone with a long-standing love of Asia, which led her to live in Asia for two years!) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Shan Tao Yun (3)
Deep in the heart of Tibet, Shan Tao Yun, an exiled Chinese national and a former Beijing government Inspector, is caught between the brutal Chinese army and a Western oil company. Shan has agreed to lead an expedition to return the eye of an idol, stolen almost a century ago and recently, clandestinely recovered, to a distant valley, an act that will fulfill an important Tibetan prophecy. But the pilgrimage turns into a desperate flight when the monk who is to lead them is murdered. Shan also discovers that the stone was stolen back from a brigade of the Chinese army that is now in hot pursuit.Still possessing an investigator's love of truth, Shan faces a perplexing tangle of mysteries. Why are the Chinese so desperate to retrieve the stone eye, why has an American geologist abandoned the oil company's drilling project and fled into the mountains, and why are rumors sweeping the countryside that an ancient lama is returning to liberate this country? As he digs into these questions, Shan realizes that there is more at stake than mere justice: the spiritual survival of his peopleis in danger as well.Complex and compelling, Bone Mountain is a spectacular achievement from a major voice in crime fiction. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Like the two earlier books in the series, Bone Mountain was fascinating, but sad. Parts of it read like a fantasy because of the incredibly interesting and unique culture and lifestyle of (some of) the Tibetans. Pattison's 'sleuth' Han Chinese Shan, first came to Tibet when he was deported to a gulag. He survived the harsh conditions in the camp by embracing Tibetan religion and culture (the two are completely interwoven, so it's hard, if not impossible to separate the two). Bone Mountain deals with the desctruction of Tibet's nature, by the Chinese occupation force. Reading about it almost made me cry. The 'hero' of the book is really Tibetan culture, in many ways illustrated by the characters. They're all unique, fascinating and mostly sympathetic. It's obvious that Pattison has come to care about his Tibetan friends. ( )