Rules of the House

by Wangmo Dhompa and Tsering Dhompa

Poetry. Asian American Studies. "Dhompa's potent suite of poems elucidates the humanness and adversities of the Tibetan diaspora. You enter the immigrant girl-child's bifurcated world, coming and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966993799
• ISBN13: 9780966993790
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Apogee Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

A great view of the Tibetan exile life

Tsering Wangmo Dhompa does a fantastic job here to provide vignettes of the Tibetan exile life -- sounds, feelings, images and even silences -- through her unique narrative poems. Dislocation, homeland loyalty, patriotism, cultural clash, Tibetan religion, are all found in her moving yet humorous poems. The book is to be savored slowly so that readers allow enough time for the soul to digest her "truths". Almost all poems contain so much deep, subtle meaning that after reading a single poem, one feels as if he or she has read a good book.