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A Personal History of a Lost Land
Vintage
October 2004
On Sale: September 28, 2004
352 pages
ISBN: 1400034175
EAN: 9781400034178
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Non-Fiction Memoir
At different times in its history Tibet has been renowned
for pacifism and martial prowess, enlightenment and cruelty.
The Dalai Lama may be the only religious leader who can
inspire the devotion of agnostics. Patrick French has been
fascinated by Tibet since he was a teenager. He has read its
history, agitated for its freedom, and risked arrest to
travel through its remote interior. His love and knowledge
inform every page of this learned, literate, and impassioned
book.
Talking with nomads and Buddhist nuns, exiles
and collaborators, French portrays a nation demoralized by a
half-century of Chinese occupation and forced to depend on
the patronage of Western dilettantes. He demolishes many of
the myths accruing to Tibet–including those centering around
the radiant figure of the Dalai Lama. Combining the best of
history, travel writing, and memoir, Tibet, Tibet is
a work of extraordinary power and insight.
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