beyond the sky and the earth a journey into bhutan

The book is divided into six chapters ( Arrival, Entrance, Movement Order, Peak of Higher Learning, Involvement and Love) followed by a postscript. She provides extensive knowledge about the country which till the early 1960s was not even connected by road links and was dependent only on barter trade, and its people were ruled by a king. It is her first book on her experiences of working as a lecturer in English in a school in Bhutan, the tantric Buddhist kingdom in eastern Himalayas. Zeppa dedicates the book to her grandfather Patrick Raymond Zeppa and her grandmother Florence Alize Zeppa, who were immigrants from Poland settled in Canada. Sky and Earth was on the Maclean's bestseller list. The title of the book is derived from an expression of thankfulness in the Bhutanese language which means 'I am thankful to you beyond the earth and sky'. Initially she started writing a fiction based on her experience there, but she was suggested to write it in memoir form and she took the advice. Zeppa took up an assignment for two years. The Berkley Publishing Group, Penguin Putnam, Inc.īeyond the Sky and Earth or Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan is a memoir written by Jamie Zeppa of her experience working as a lecturer in English at the Sherubtse College near Trashigang in eastern Bhutan. 1999 book by Jamie Zeppa Beyond the Sky and Earth

Beyond the sky and the earth a journey into bhutan