Nulo My Tibetan Childhood

When Ice Shattered Stone
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7638-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 344 Seiten

A bestseller in Tibet until it was banned by China, this moving memoir chronicles Naktsang Nulo’s childhood in Tibet’s Amdo region during the uprising against the Chinese invasion of the 1950s.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nulo, Naktsang

Weitere Mitwirkende

Cargill, Angus

Lhamo, Sonam

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Tibetischer Buddhismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword / 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso ix

Foreword / Ralph Litzinger xi

Introduction. A Note on Context and Significance / Robert Barnett xv

Translator's Note liii

Author's Preface 1

Prelude. The Charnel Ground 9

1. Born on the Wide Tibetan Grasslands 13

2. A Childhood with Herdsman, Bandits, and Monks 49

3. By Yak Caravan to the Holy City of Lhasa 71

4. Witness to Massacre on Our Tragic Journey through Desolate Places 131

5. Torture and Imprisonment, Starvation and Survival 183

Appendix. Guide to the Abridgment and Chapter Changes from Original 269

Glossary 271

Index 283

Über Autor(innen)

Naktsang Nulo (born in 1949) worked as an official in the Chinese government, serving as a primary school teacher, police officer, judge, prison governor, and county leader in Qinghai province, China, before retiring in 1993.

Angus Cargill was formerly a Lecturer in the Department of Tibetan Language and Literature at Minzu University of China, Beijing.