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The autobiography of a Tibetan monk / Palden Gyatso, with Tsering Shakya ; foreword by the Dalai Lama ; translated from the Tibetan by Tsering Shakya.

Publication | Library Call Number: BQ978.A45 A3 1997

"My story is not a glamorous one of high lamas and exotic ritual, but of how a simple monk succeeded in surviving the destructive forces of a totalitarian ideology". These are the words of Palden Gyatso, whose story is an unforgettable journey into the heart of Tibet and an enduring testimony to the human need for freedom.

Book cover
Uniform Title
Fire under the snow
Format
Book
Author/Creator
Palden Gyatso.
Published
New York : Grove Press, ©1997
Locale
China
Tibet Autonomous Region
Language
English
Edition
1st Amer. ed

About This Publication

Physical Description
232 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Contents
Beneath a rainbow
Cutting ties with the world
The revolt
The arrest
Flight
No escape under the blue sky
The master weaver
The cultural revolution
Reform through labour
Death of the helmsman
Among the ruins
A new generation of splittists
Confronting the enemy.
Other Authors/Editors
Tsering Shakya.
ISBN
0802116213
9780802116215
0802135749
9780802135742
Notes
Previously published: London : Harvill Press, 1997 under title: Fire under the snow.
Beneath a rainbow -- Cutting ties with the world -- The revolt -- The arrest -- Flight -- No escape under the blue sky -- The master weaver -- The cultural revolution -- Reform through labour -- Death of the helmsman -- Among the ruins -- A new generation of splittists -- Confronting the enemy.

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