Bibliograph

Escape from the land of snows, the young Dalai Lama's harrowing flight to freedom and the making of a spiritual hero, Stephan Talty

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Escape from the land of snows, the young Dalai Lama's harrowing flight to freedom and the making of a spiritual hero, Stephan Talty

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-286) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Escape from the land of snows

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

515405213

Responsibility statement

Stephan Talty

Sub title

the young Dalai Lama's harrowing flight to freedom and the making of a spiritual hero

Summary

Documents the Dalai Lama's flight from Tibet to India in 1959, describing the violent uprising in Lhasa between Tibetan rebels and Chinese occupiers and the near-death incidents that the Buddhist spiritual leader endured

Table Of Contents

An examination of prior memories -- To Lhasa -- Across the Ghost River -- Eastern fires -- A rumor -- Foreign brothers -- Across the Kyichu -- Flight -- The Norbulingka -- OpIm -- "Godless Reds vs. a living god" -- The Jokhang -- Lhuntse Dzong -- In Tibetan prisons -- The last border -- Meeting a poet -- Bonfires

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