Dreams and Memories of a Lost Land
A Personal History of a Lost Land
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2003
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-00-257109-8 (ISBN)
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-00-257109-8 (ISBN)
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In 1982 while still a schoolboy, Patrick French met the Dalai Lama. Ever since, he has been fascinated by Tibet's people, its history, and its recent plight. "Tibet, Tibet" offers an exploration of one of the most beautiful, isolated, mysterious and misunderstood countries on earth.
In 1982, while he was still a schoolboy, Patrick French met the Dalai Lama for the first time. Ever since, he has been fascinated by Tibet's people, its history, and its recent plight. "Tibet, Tibet" is a combination of travel and history. The book offers an exploration of one of the most beautiful, isolated, mysterious and misunderstood countries on earth. It follows Patrick French's progress on a journey through Tibet, sidetracked on the way by a cascade of information, thoughts and reflections on such subjects as the correct method of travelling across a desert by night; the advisability of not naming your children until their sixth year; and events like the removal of a corrupt Regent's eyeballs by means of a yak's knucklebones in 1933.
In 1982, while he was still a schoolboy, Patrick French met the Dalai Lama for the first time. Ever since, he has been fascinated by Tibet's people, its history, and its recent plight. "Tibet, Tibet" is a combination of travel and history. The book offers an exploration of one of the most beautiful, isolated, mysterious and misunderstood countries on earth. It follows Patrick French's progress on a journey through Tibet, sidetracked on the way by a cascade of information, thoughts and reflections on such subjects as the correct method of travelling across a desert by night; the advisability of not naming your children until their sixth year; and events like the removal of a corrupt Regent's eyeballs by means of a yak's knucklebones in 1933.
Patrick French's first book, Younghusband: The Last Great Imperial Adventurer, won the Somerset Maugham Award and the Royal Society of Literature Heinemann Prize. For his second, Liberty or Death: India's Journey to Independence and Division, he was named the 1998 Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year. Patrick French is a director of Free Tibet campaign, and a former editor of Tibet News.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.4.2003 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Reinforced binding Reinforced binding 30 illustrations |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 159 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 728 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Asien |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-00-257109-9 / 0002571099 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-00-257109-8 / 9780002571098 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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