Inside the Treasure House: Time in Tibet by Catriona Bass
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Inside the Treasure House
Summary
The author went to teach English in Tibet in 1985, the first European to live there for over 30 years. This is her account of life among the Tibetans, from the Buddhist monks and the aristocracy to the disenchanted youth of Lhasa. The book examines the continuing repression and tension in Tibet.
Inside the Treasure House Summary
Table of Contents
Lhasa; letters of introduction; China's Siberia; from tourist to teacher; echoes of the Raj; adapting to Lhasa and winter; model red guard; Tibetan Christmas; problems in education; sleet children; demons of the old year; Losar festivities; the great prayer; the Panchen Lama; the Butter festival; spring; Tsering; a valley of hermits; a modern wedding; new Buddhas; the ogress and the monkey; east to China; through Kongpo and Kham; Chamdo; journeys by sky-boat; the yoghurt festival; death of a mystic; a last monastery.
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GOR011816369
9780575043909
0575043903
Inside the Treasure House: Time in Tibet by Catriona Bass
Used - Like New
Hardback
Orion Publishing Co
19900701
256
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