Table of Contents
1 Resurrection in Kham. Eastern Tibet, twenty-first century 1
2 Horse Island. The inheritance in West Cork 15
3 Sleepless by the Yangtze Jiang. Sleepless in the Cahas 37
4 Arrival of the seamen. A feint 59
5 Master Coldheart. Billiards in the snow 84
6 She says her name. Place without dreams 104
7 The Flying Mountain: Nyema's story 124
8 At Bird Mountain. The masked man. A parade in the snow 143
9 The heavenly bride. Happy return. Warnings 165
10 At the lake. The invention of writing. Lessons 186
11 Constellations. A giant's demise 199
12 Going it alone. His brother's keeper 214
13 In the deep. The comfort of one's own strength 234
14 On high. Heavenly apparitions 253
15 Drogsang or the Beautiful Pasture. At base camp 273
16 Leader, follower. A rope team 290
17 In captivity. The gift 304
18 Epilogue: Steps 328
