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Echoes from Forgotten Mountains : Tibet in War and Peace by Jamyang Norbu (2023, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books India Pvt, The Limited
ISBN-100670094668
ISBN-139780670094660
eBay Product ID (ePID)18061245027
Product Key Features
Book TitleEchoes from Forgotten Mountains : Tibet in War and Peace
Number of Pages962 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2023
TopicBuddhism / Tibetan, Asia / General
IllustratorYes
GenreReligion, History
AuthorJamyang Norbu
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2024-306560
SynopsisJamyang Norbu has taken the stories of 'forgotten' Tibetans--resistance fighters, secret agents, soldiers, peasants, merchants, even street beggars--and skillfully worked their myriad accounts into a single glorious 'memory history' of the Tibetan struggle. He uses recollections from his own childhood to ease the reader into an immersive understanding of the complexity of Tibet's modern history: the Chinese invasion, the uprisings in Kham and Amdo, the formation of the Four Rivers Six Ranges Resistance Force, the March '59 Lhasa Uprising, the CIA supported Air Operations, the Nyemo peasant Uprising of 68/69 and the Mustang Guerilla Force in northern Nepal, where Norbu later served. He writes of leaving home to drive tractors at refugee settlements, educate refugee children, produce plays at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts, and collect intelligence for the Tibetan Office of Research and Analysis (TORA) and for France's External Intelligence Agency (SDECE). He uses these anecdotes not so much as autobiography but as a framing device to recount the lives, deeds and, too often, tragedies of the many Tibetans he encountered and befriended throughout his life--nearly all of whom played vital roles in shaping the recent history of their country but whose contributions are still unsung and forgotten. Jamyang Norbu's lifelong commitment to collecting and orchestrating the 'echoes' of these many forgotten voices from the past has resulted in a lyrical, learned and compassionate book that could well be described as the prose epic of the Tibetan freedom struggle.
LC Classification NumberDS786.J35 2023
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- 01 Mar, 2024
A masterpiece!
It is a most comprehensive and a masterpiece of this period of Tibetan resistance, This will serve as an authentic record and source for the long run for sure generations. I was able to get it finally through Ebay after others had to cancel my pre-order of the book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 10 Aug, 2023
Reflection of bravery
Tibet is TibetVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
