Murder in the High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy, and Escape from Tibet (1, Set)

by Jonathan Green

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The murder of a young Tibetan nun by the hands of Chinese border guards at the rooftop of the world offers a unique parable for the tale of modern Tibet. In August 2006, two young Tibetan women left their hillside village in Biru county to make their way to Dharamsala India. Frustrated by their inability to practice the tenets of Buddhism or Tibetan culture under oppressive Chinese rule, best friends Dolma and Kelsang were determined to secure their right to freedom-and sought comfort in the fact that they might seek counsel with their exiled spiritual leader, his Holiness the...Read more
  • ISBN10 1586487140
  • ISBN13 9781586487140
  • Publish Date 1 June 2010 (first published 1 January 2010)
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 29 April 2014
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
  • Imprint PublicAffairs,U.S.
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 304
  • Language English