“Ocean, As Much As Rain: Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet” By Tsering Woeser Available for Preorder

We are delighted to share that “Ocean, As Much As Rain: Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet” by Tsering Woeser, translated and edited by Fiona Sze-Lorrain with Dechen Pemba (Duke University Press, out on February 10, 2026) is available for preorder.

“Ocean, as Much as Rain” presents for the first time in the English-language world a collection of masterfully translated literary writings by prominent Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser. In these stories, lyrical essays, and poetry, Woeser interweaves texts, photographs, silences, and documentary details. Featuring a distinctively imaginative use of satire and digressive rhetoric, Woeser’s stories bring to life Tibetan characters whose lives are entwined with politics, history, and religion. Woeser illuminates the ruins and places that she has come across during her various sojourns in Chinese-ruled Tibet, reviving sites from the past of her parents and their generation.

These writings range from ingenious retellings of cultural encounters and confrontation to insightful commentaries on ecological issues and tourism in Tibet that never shun contradictions, dilemmas, or questions about the future.

The book contains a foreword by Pankaj Mishra, an introduction by Fiona Sze-Lorrain and an author interview by editors-translators Sze-Lorrain and Pemba. It features cover artwork by Tenzing Rigdol. Ocean, as Much as Rain is a landmark publication that celebrates the work of a steadfast dissident and a leading Tibetan literary figure of our times.

To preorder (from your location):

United States, Central/South America: https://www.dukeupress.edu/ocean-as-much-as-rain

Canada: https://utpdistribution.com/9781478033110/ocean-as-much-as-rain/

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Please help to support by purchasing the book from the above links. Please feel free to share this information with friends and networks as the number of preorders boosts the book’s success at publication time and for a potential reprint in the future.

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