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Escape from the land of snows :

by Talty, Stephan. frey50
Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : Crown Publishers, (New York :) , 2010 Physical details: xv, 302 p. ; 25 cm. ISBN:9780307460950 :; 9780307460950; 0307460959; 9780307460950.
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An examination of prior memories -- To Lhasa -- Across the Ghost River -- Eastern fires -- A rumor -- Foreign brothers -- Across the Kyichu -- Flight -- The Norbulingka -- OpIm -- "Godless Reds vs. a living god" -- The Jokhang -- Lhuntse Dzong -- In Tibetan prisons -- The last border -- Meeting a poet -- Bonfires.

Documents the Dalai Lama's flight from Tibet to India in 1959, describing the violent uprising in Lhasa between Tibetan rebels and Chinese occupiers and the near-death incidents that the Buddhist spiritual leader endured.