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1997

Format:	Book
Author:	Palden Gyatso.
Title:	The autobiography of a Tibetan monk / Palden Gyatso, with Tsering Shakya ; foreword by the Dalai Lama ; translated from the Tibetan by Tsering Shakya.
Edition:	1st Amer. ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Grove Press, ©1997.
Description:	232 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Summary:	"My story is not a glamorous one of high lamas and exotic ritual, but of how a simple monk succeeded in surviving the destructive forces of a totalitarian ideology". These are the words of Palden Gyatso, whose story is an unforgettable journey into the heart of Tibet and an enduring testimony to the human need for freedom.
Subjects:	Palden Gyatso. Lamas -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- Biography. Political prisoners -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- Biography.
Genre:	Autobiographies.
Other Author:	Tsering Shakya.
Other Title:	Fire under the snow
Notes:	Previously published: London : Harvill Press, 1997 under title: Fire under the snow.
Contents:	Beneath a rainbow -- Cutting ties with the world -- The revolt -- The arrest -- Flight -- No escape under the blue sky -- The master weaver -- The cultural revolution -- Reform through labour -- Death of the helmsman -- Among the ruins -- A new generation of splittists -- Confronting the enemy.
LCCN:	97039679
ISBN:	0802116213 9780802116215 0802135749 9780802135742
Other Number:	37606342
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Control Number:	56007
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Call Number:	BIO Palden G

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