Pelma’s Tears

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By Yeeshan Yang

and Francis Ng

“Tears? What are they?” asked Pelma, a little nun who lived on an island at the heart of a salt lake. Everybody laughed at this naïve girl who had carelessly damaged the convent’s precious thangka painting.

Pelma was sent to shore to find a high lama to repair the thangka. New friends and mischievous spirits joined the young girl on her journey. She learned about deception, greed and cruelty, as well as human warmth and kindness. She came to taste all kinds of tears.

But nothing could prepare Pelma for the hardest decision of all: destroying the thangka that she had taken such trouble to repair…

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“Tears? What are they?” asked Pelma, a little nun who lived on an island at the heart of a salt lake. Everybody laughed at this naïve girl who had carelessly damaged the convent’s precious thangka painting.

Pelma was sent to shore to find a high lama to repair the thangka. New friends and mischievous spirits joined the young girl on her journey. She learned about deception, greed and cruelty, as well as human warmth and kindness. She came to taste all kinds of tears.

But nothing could prepare Pelma for the hardest decision of all: destroying the thangka that she had taken such trouble to repair…

Additional information

Dimensions 129 × 198 mm
Pages

168

Binding

Paperback

About the author

Yeeshan Yang comes from a migratory family background. She spent her childhood years in Maoist China, where she saw her Indonesian-Chinese father politically persecuted as a spy; grew up in Hong Kong; studied Japanese in Tokyo; experienced migrant life again in Australia; then returned to Hong Kong. She has worked in journalism, filmmaking and publishing while conducting anthropological research.

The intense and versatile Francis Ng Chun-yu (吳鎮宇) is regarded as one of Hong Kong’s most talented actors. His compelling on-screen persona has won him four Best Actor awards from the Hong Kong Film Critics Society and the Golden Horse Film Festival. Francis also channels his creative passions into theatre, film directing and writing.