Return to Tibet : Tibet after the Chinese occupation
Harrer, Heinrich, 1912-2000
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Heinrich Harrer's bestselling Seven Years in Tibet is now a film starring Brad Pitt. Set thirty years later, Return to Tibet continues the story as Harrer meets old acquaintances, including the Dalai Lama, and examines Tibet's relations with Peking Heinrich Harrer returns to Tibet - thirty years after the visit described in his bestselling SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET. SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET told of an idyllic life on the 'rooftop of the world', before Harrer was forced to flee from the invading Chinese armies. Thirty years later, he returns to describe how the Chinese have attempted to destroy this ancient civilisation. Meeting old Tibetan acquaintances, including the Dalai Lama now living in exile in northern India, Harrer examines the current thaw in Peking's relations with this isolated and mysterious country. In its vivid evocation of Tibet, past and present, Return to Tibet provides a fascinating insight into the durability of this profoundly spiritual culture.
Main title:
Return to Tibet : Tibet after the Chinese occupation / Heinrich Harrer ; translated from the German by Ewald Osers.
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Imprint:
London : Phoenix, 2000.
Collation:
183p., [8]p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
This translation originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1984.Includes index.Translation of: Wiedersehn mit Tibet.
ISBN:
9780753808047 (pbk)
Dewey class:
915.15045
LC class:
DS786
Language:
EnglishGerman
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BRN:
2579260