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Norman, Alexander, author.
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Bstan-ʾdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935-
Dalai lamas -- Biography.
Tibet Region -- Biography.
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The Dalai Lama : an ...
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The Dalai Lama : an extraordinary life / Alexander Norman.
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Norman, Alexander, author.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.
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Bstan-ʾdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935-
Dalai lamas -- Biography.
Tibet Region -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780544416581 (hardcover) :
0544416589 (hardcover) :
Description:
xxii, 410 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Contents:
The travails of the Great Thirteenth -- A mystic and a seer : the regency established -- A child is born -- The view from the place of the roaring tiger : Tibet's nameless religion -- "Lonely and somewhat unhappy" : a hostage in all but name -- Homecoming : Lhasa, 1940 -- Boyhood : two cane-handled horsewhips -- Trouble in Shangri-La : devilry and intrigue on the roof of the world -- The perfection of wisdom : the higher education of a Tibetan Buddhist monk -- "Shit on their picnic!" : China invades, 1949-50 -- Into the dragon's lair : the Dalai Lama in China, July 1954-July 1955 -- The land of the gods : India, November 1956-March 1957 -- "Don't sell the Dalai Lama for silver dollars!" : Lhasa, 1957-1959 -- On the back of a Dzo : the flight to freedom -- Opening the eye of new awareness : Allen Ginsberg and the Beats -- "We cannot compel you" : cultural revolution in Tibet, harsh realities in India -- "Something beyond the comprehension of the Tibetan people" : The yellow book and the glorious goddess -- From Rangzen to Umaylam : independence and the middle way approach -- Cutting off the serpent's head : reaction and repression in Tibet -- "An oath-breaking spirit born of perverse prayers" : the murder of Lobsang Gyatso -- Tibet in flames : the Beijing Olympics and their aftermath -- The magical play of illustion.
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"The first definitive biography of the Dalai Lama--a story by turns inspiring and shocking--from an acclaimed Tibetan scholar with exceptional access to his subject"--
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