Andrea Roh-Kippes

Xinran Xue starts her novel with the words Sky Burial. The protagonist, a young female doctor named Shu Wen, was separated from her husband, also a physician, in the 1950s in China. The husband, Kejun, was drafted into the military three weeks after his wedding, and deployed in Tibet.

Xinran Xue starts her novel with the words Sky Burial. The protagonist, a young female doctor named Shu Wen, was separated from her husband, also a physician, in the 1950s in China. The husband, Kejun, was drafted into the military three weeks after his wedding, and deployed in Tibet.