TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barry,Quan
TI  - When I'm gone, look for me in the East
SN  - 9781524748111
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Pantheon Books
KW  - Faith
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Reincarnation
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - Buddhism and philosophy
KW  - Lamas
KW  - Religion
KW  - East Asia
KW  - Novels
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - "From the acclaimed author of We Ride Upon Sticks-a luminous novel that moves across a windswept Mongolia, as a pair of estranged twin brothers make a journey of duty, conflict, and renewed understanding. Tasked with finding the reincarnation of a great lama somewhere in the vast Mongolian landscape, the young monk Chuluun seeks the help of his identical twin, Mun, who was recognized as a reincarnation himself as a child, but has since renounced their once shared monastic life. Harking back to her vivid and magical first novel set in Vietnam, Quan Barry carries us across a landscape as unforgiving as it is beautiful and culturally varied, from the stark Gobi Desert to the ancient capital of Chinggis Khan. As their country stretches before them, questions of the immortal soul, along with more earthly matters of love, sex, and brotherhood, haunt the twins, who can hear each other's thoughts. Are our lives our own, or do we belong to something larger? When I'm Gone is a stunningly far-flung examination of our individual struggle to retain faith and discover meaning in a fast-changing world, and a paean to Buddhist acceptance of what simply is."--
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