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Memories of Life in Lhasa Under Chinese Rule
Tubten Khétsun
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Description for Memories of Life in Lhasa Under Chinese Rule
Hardback. Born in 1941, Tubten Khetsun is a nephew of the Gyatso Tashi Khendrung, one of the senior government officials taken prisoner after the Tibetan peoples' uprising of March 10, 1959. This autobiography talks of his prison experiences as well as the state of civil society following his release. Translator(s): Akester, Matthew. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJP; BGHA; HBJF; HBLW3; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
Born in 1941, Tubten Khetsun is a nephew of the Gyatso Tashi Khendrung, one of the senior government officials taken prisoner after the Tibetan peoples' uprising of March 10, 1959. Khetsun himself was arrested while defending the Dalai Lama's summer palace, and after four years in prisons and labor camps, he spent close to two decades in Lhasa as a requisitioned laborer and "class enemy." In this eloquent autobiography, Khetsun describes what life was like during those troubled years. His account is one of the most dispassionate, detailed, and readable firsthand descriptions yet published of Tibet under the Communist occupation. ... Read more
Born in 1941, Tubten Khetsun is a nephew of the Gyatso Tashi Khendrung, one of the senior government officials taken prisoner after the Tibetan peoples' uprising of March 10, 1959. Khetsun himself was arrested while defending the Dalai Lama's summer palace, and after four years in prisons and labor camps, he spent close to two decades in Lhasa as a requisitioned laborer and "class enemy." In this eloquent autobiography, Khetsun describes what life was like during those troubled years. His account is one of the most dispassionate, detailed, and readable firsthand descriptions yet published of Tibet under the Communist occupation. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231142861
SKU
V9780231142861
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About Tubten Khétsun
Matthew Akester is an independent researcher and translator working in the field of Tibetan history.
Reviews for Memories of Life in Lhasa Under Chinese Rule
Demonstrates in full detail the human tragedy of Maoist rule in a land whose tradition it despised and tried to destroy. Kirkus Reviews A welcome and informative addition on this little-understood and highly polemicized subject.
George Fitzherbert Times Literary Supplement This book provides an important piece of the puzzle for those seeking to understand the experience of ordinary Tibetans ... Read more
George Fitzherbert Times Literary Supplement This book provides an important piece of the puzzle for those seeking to understand the experience of ordinary Tibetans ... Read more