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We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama

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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.
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