Tibet by Peter Sis

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Tibet by Peter Sis

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Summary

Opening the red box, kept out of reach in his father's study for most of his childhood, Peter Sis finds the diary his father kept when he was lost in Tibet in the mid-1950s. Turning the brittle pages, he becomes an accidental traveller in Tibet and relives his father's journey.

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Tibet by Peter Sis

When Peter Sis unlocked the red laquered box that sat on his father's desk for decades, he found the diary his father kept when he was sent to Tibet in the 1950s to instruct the Chinese in documentary filmmaking. Amongst the experiences Vladimir Sis recorded included becoming lost after a landslide, trekking to Lhasa and meeting the young Dalai Lama. In Tibet: Through the Red Box, Peter Sis juxtaposes these journal records with childhood recollections of his father's tales of Yetis, magical messengers and a Boy-God-King. Sis replicates the diary's spidery handwriting and illustrates his father's fantastical adventures with exquisite, intricately stylised artwork. In this very personal book, Peter Sis fuses captivating details and mystical elements of the Tibetan culture with dreams, memory and imagination.

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Peter Sis is the author of Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei, a 1997 Caldecott Honour Book. He was born and raised in Czechoslovakia, where his mother was an artist and his father a filmmaker. He studied painting and filmmaking at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague and at the Royal College of Art in London and is known internationally for his award- winning books and films. Tibet: Through the Red Box was recently chosen as a 1998 Caldecott Honour Book.
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ISBN 13 9781865081571
ISBN 10 1865081574
Title Tibet
Author Peter Sis
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Allen & Unwin
Year published 1999-10-01
Number of pages 64
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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