Tibet, Tibet by Patrick French
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.
Patrick French was born in 1966 in England and attended Edinburgh University to study literature. Younghusband, Liberty or Death, Tibet, Tibet, and The World Is What It Is, which earned the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Hawthornden Prize, are among his works. French has won the Somerset Maugham Award, the Royal Society of Literature Heinemann Prize, and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. He is based in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781400034178 |
| ISBN 10 | 1400034175 |
| Title | Tibet, Tibet |
| Author | Patrick French |
| Series | Vintage Departures |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2004-09-28 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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