
Waiting for the Sun
A Peasant Boy's Escape from Occupied Tibet
Mary Craig(Author)
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 31. December 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
257 pages
978-0-340-72199-5 (ISBN)
Description
Aged twenty four when he left Tibet, he had never known a time when the Chinese had not ruled his homeland.
Slotting his account into her own knowledge of recent Tibetan history, Mary Craig gives a superb account of the Tibetan experience of mass murder and torture but the total, systematic destruction of a rich and honoured culture. Emme-La s story is also the story of Tibetan everyman - it was shared by every Tibetan who, after 1959, suffered the destruction of everything they valued and who became mere pawns in the hands of their Chinese masters.
This disturbing insight into one man s horror is also a plea never to forget the victims of one of the worst cases of genocide in recent history.
Slotting his account into her own knowledge of recent Tibetan history, Mary Craig gives a superb account of the Tibetan experience of mass murder and torture but the total, systematic destruction of a rich and honoured culture. Emme-La s story is also the story of Tibetan everyman - it was shared by every Tibetan who, after 1959, suffered the destruction of everything they valued and who became mere pawns in the hands of their Chinese masters.
This disturbing insight into one man s horror is also a plea never to forget the victims of one of the worst cases of genocide in recent history.
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Edition
Illustrated edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Edition type
Illustrated edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
8pp b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 130 mm
Width: 198 mm
Weight
200 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-340-72199-5 (9780340721995)
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Mary Craig has written many books including BLESSINGS, MAN FROM A FAR COUNTRYand THE LAST FREEDOM. She has been involved in the plight of Tibetans and has written two other books about Tibet: TEARS OF BLOOD and KUNDUN: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE DALAI LAMA AND HIS FAMILY (HarperCollins).