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The Struggle for Modern Tibet, The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering

The Struggle for Modern Tibet, The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering

by Melvyn C. Goldstein  •  William Siebenschuh  •  Tashi Tsering

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 220 PAGES

A frank account of the complex life of a man inducted as a young boy into the Tibetan religious elite, later imprisoned in China during the Cultural revolution, who now teaches English the university in Lhasa. It's an excellent portrait of society and challenges in modern Tibet.  (TBT53, $26.95)


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