Documents the Dalai Lama's flight from Tibet to India in 1959, describing the violent uprising in Lhasa between Tibetan rebels and Chinese occupiers and the near-death incidents that the Buddhist spiritual leader endured.
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ISBN:9780307460950 (hc.)
Physical Description:print xv, 302 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Edition:1st ed.
Publisher:New York : Crown Publishers, 2010.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-286) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
An examination of prior memories -- To Lhasa -- Across the Ghost River -- Eastern fires -- A rumor -- Foreign brothers -- Across the Kyichu -- Flight -- The Norbulingka -- OpIm -- "Godless Reds vs. a living god" -- The Jokhang -- Lhuntse Dzong -- In Tibetan prisons -- The last border -- Meeting a poet -- Bonfires.
Summary: Documents the Dalai Lama's flight from Tibet to India in 1959, describing the violent uprising in Lhasa between Tibetan rebels and Chinese occupiers and the near-death incidents that the Buddhist spiritual leader endured.
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