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Title: The Struggle for Modern Tibet: The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering by Melvyn Goldstein, William Siebenschuh, Tashi Tsering ISBN: 0-7656-0509-0 Publisher: East Gate Book Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The real story.
Comment: There's not "one" story about Tibet, of course. Like any other human drama, especially one which has proven so emotional for those involved, there are a thousand stories from a thousand people.
But Tashi Tsering's story is an important one. He brings voice to a perspective that has been silenced for far too long in the West. I would recommend this book strongly to anyone who feels they already "know" all there is to know about Tibet; odds are, you're wrong.
Instead of using my own words... let me quote a few paragraphs from the book:
"He responded unequivocally that his decision [to return to Tibet from the University of Washington in 1963] had nothing to do with money. Instead he saw himself as a representative of the common people who wanted to help create a new, modern Tibet. The atmosphere became somewhat tense, since the other Tibetans, who were aristocrats, hated the communists and China and were committed to freeing Tibet forom Chinese control."
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[Many years later, after 1985, on one of Melvyn Goldstein's trips to China]
"On one of my trips, Tashi surprised me by asking if I could help him publish a book about his life. He thought foreigners needed to know about common Tibetans - that is, Tibetans who were not aristocrats or monastic prelates or incarnate lamas. He felt his story could play a useful role in assisting both Westerners and young Tibetans born in exile to understand the real - non-Shangrila - Tibet."
Rating: 5
Summary: Tibet--Not just the land of monks, nomads and Austrians!
Comment: Finally a book that treats Tibet as a nation and a people in history and not just a land of changeless Buddhism and nomads! The book was dropped quietly from the publisher/distributor Snow Lion after initial fan-fare when it was discovered that this Tibetan author, though fervently pro-Tibet, was equally fervent against the rule of the Dge-lugspa (the Dalai Lama's sect), and he describes in detail what he had to suffer as a member of the Dalai Lama's personal dance troup. Kudos to Tashi Tsering for telling his incredible story!
Rating: 5
Summary: Riveting
Comment: I finished reading this book in 3 consecutive nights. Fascinating account of a 10-year-old boy becoming a member of the Dalai Lama's personal dance troupe as a tax obligation; how the boy grew up, worked for the exiled noble Tibetan leadership, and eventually became a Red Guard--this is the first time I've learned that there are many Tibetan red guards during the Cultural Revolution, the reasons why these Tibetans try to better their old serf-noble society, and why they joined the misguided Cultural Revolution. At the end I can't help but feel utmost respect for Mr. Tsering. Even though he's made mistakes, he freely admits to them. The amount of trauma he has gone through in his life is beyond what many people can take, yet he perseveres. Now I fully support his goal: establishing schools in Tibet for the Tibetan children. Bravo, Mr. Tsering. I hope someday this life story will be made into a movie. It will be much more intelligent than 7 Years In Tibet. Instead! of a fluff story about the "dumb natives", here is one intelligent, complex Tibetan.
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Title: The Snow Lion and the Dragon: China, Tibet, and the Dalai Lama by Melvyn C. Goldstein ISBN: 0520219511 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947 by Tsering Shakya ISBN: 0140196153 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 03 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: A Woman Soldier's Own Story: The Autobiography of Xie Bingying by Xie Bingying, Lily Chia Brissman, Barry Brissman ISBN: 0425188507 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 25 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Prisoners of Shangri-LA : Tibetan Buddhism and the West by Donald S. Lopez Jr. ISBN: 0226493113 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet: Religious Revival and Cultural Identity by Melvyn C. Goldstein, Matthew Kapstein ISBN: 0520211316 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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