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Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land by Patrick French (Paperback, 2004)
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In 1982, while he was still a schoolboy, Patrick French met the Dalai Lama for the first time. Ever since, he has been fascinated by Tibet's people, its history, and its recent plight. For centuries, Tibet has occupied a unique place in the Western imagination: romantic, mysterious, a remote mountain kingdom of incarnate lamas and nomadic herdsmen, of gold-roofed monasteries and hidden valleys which hold the secret of eternal youth. In recent years, Tibet has acquired an additional resonance as the oppressed vassal of its mighty neighbour China. Its plight has attracted Hollywood stars, and the exiled Dalai Lama has become the global embodiment of spiritual attainment and unflagging commitment to his nation. The effect of these myths has been more to obscure than to reveal the reality of the country, its people and its plight. Tibet, Tibet has its origins in Patrick French's twenty-year involvement in the Tibetan cause. Part memoir, part travel book, part history, it is a quest for the true Tibet. He finds a land with a long, warlike past and a complex interlocking relationship with China. He meets victims and perpetrators of Mao's Cultural Revolution, and young nuns who continue the fight against Communist rule. He stays in the tents of nomads, and hears first-hand accounts of the hopeless battle against overwhelmingly superior Chinese forces which ended, in a single day, a way of life which had endured for thousands of years. On his journey, Patrick French is continually sidetracked by a cascade of information, thoughts and reflections on such subjects as how to blind a cabinet minister using a yak's knucklebones, the correct method of travelling across a desert by night, and the reasons for the Dalai Lama's transformation into 'an unknown dark-brown bird, bigger than a normal raven'. Patrick French has found a new way of writing about a place and its history. He fascinatingly illuminates one of the most persistently troubling of international issues, and confirms his reputation as one of the finest writers at work today.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139780007177554
eBay Product ID (ePID)87686966
Product Key Features
Number of Pages320 Pages
Publication NameTibet, Tibet: a Personal History of a Lost Land
LanguageEnglish
SubjectTravel Writing, History
Publication Year2004
TypeStudy Guide
Subject AreaRegional History
AuthorPatrick French
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height207 mm
Item Weight250 g
Item Width153 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorPatrick French
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- 07 Sep, 2017
great read
a great read not overtly technical or wordy but written from a personel perspective with detail but easy to understand a recomended book if your interest is tibet .Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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