Women on the Island, The - A Novel Monastic Life the interpretation of observed behavior

the interpretation of observed behavior

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Gathering Leaves and Lifting Words examines modern and premodern Buddhist monastic education traditions in Laos and Thailand

School of Oriental and African Studies

Women on the Island, The - A Novel Monastic Life the interpretation of observed behaviorTranslated by Phan Thanh Hao, Celeste Bacchi, and Wayne Karlin Deep in the forested Vietnamese island of Cat Bac, a jungle seethes with the force of its own history. Haunted by agonies of temptation and frustration, "the women on the island" are prisoners of the power of place, the power of the past, the power of desire and constraint. Yet like the jungle of jackfruit trees and bamboo itself, desire is a force that cannot be subdued. This novel