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We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama
1 review
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emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
This is the kind of book that, while fiction, was so educational to me. <i>We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies</i> imparted so much information and nuance to historical and contemporary Tibetan cultural and political issues.
I didn't love all the perspectives equally and found myself yearning to be back in the minds of a couple of our characters when I was reading about someone elsewhere. Jumping around in the timeline didn't work for me.
Actually, if I'm being honest, the story itself didn't stick with me a whole lot. It was those characters and the content regarding Tibetan culture that I remember best about the novel. The biting critique of white westerners' fascination and appropriation of Tibetan culture without a care for the Free Tibet movement. Especially in the art world where culturally sacred artefacts are taken from their homelands and denied repatriation.
Beautiful writing and beautiful message. I can see why it's making waves in the litfic world.
I didn't love all the perspectives equally and found myself yearning to be back in the minds of a couple of our characters when I was reading about someone elsewhere. Jumping around in the timeline didn't work for me.
Actually, if I'm being honest, the story itself didn't stick with me a whole lot. It was those characters and the content regarding Tibetan culture that I remember best about the novel. The biting critique of white westerners' fascination and appropriation of Tibetan culture without a care for the Free Tibet movement. Especially in the art world where culturally sacred artefacts are taken from their homelands and denied repatriation.
Beautiful writing and beautiful message. I can see why it's making waves in the litfic world.
Graphic: Death, Police brutality, Death of parent, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
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