Soul in Bondage

Tibetan writer Tashi Dawa's mystical, imaainativei

short stories, evidence ot an exciting new literary

talent, make an important contribution to a Drofound-

er understanding of the Tibetan world. Earlv stories

"Plateau Serenade" and "Over the River* are straight-

forward, delicate descriptions of Tibetan society,

whereas later works, employing the methods of "mao-

ical realism", show the influence of Latin-Amercan

writers such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez. "Invitation of

a Century", The Light on the Cliff and The old

Manor" deal with the psychological tensions aroused

by the conflicting demands of a society in flux where

old values and traditional culture are being cha-

lenged by the forces of modernization.