{"product_id":"tibet-tibet-a-personal-history-of-a-lost-land-9781400034178","title":"Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land","description":"\u003cb\u003eAt different times in its history Tibet has been renowned for pacifism and martial prowess, enlightenment and cruelty. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Dalai Lama may be the only religious leader who can inspire the devotion of agnostics. Patrick French has been fascinated by Tibet since he was a teenager. He has read its history, agitated for its freedom, and risked arrest to travel through its remote interior. His love and knowledge inform every page of this learned, literate, and impassioned book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Talking with nomads and Buddhist nuns, exiles and collaborators, French portrays a nation demoralized by a half-century of Chinese occupation and forced to depend on the patronage of Western dilettantes. He demolishes many of the myths accruing to Tibet-including those centering around the radiant figure of the Dalai Lama. Combining the best of history, travel writing, and memoir, \u003cb\u003eTibet, Tibet\u003c\/b\u003e is a work of extraordinary power and insight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick French\u003c\/b\u003e was born in England in 1966 and studied literature at Edinburgh University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eYounghusband\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLiberty or Death\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTibet, Tibet\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe World Is What It Is\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Hawthornden Prize. French is the winner of the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Young Writer of the Year Award, the Royal Society of Literature Heinemann Prize, and the Somerset Maugham Award. He died in 2023.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492420882706,"sku":"9781400034178","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0e8d215f-dd4f-4ce2-b5ef-5fd53f0301e2.jpg?v=1730589909","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tibet-tibet-a-personal-history-of-a-lost-land-9781400034178","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}