A gripping portrait of modern Tibet told through the lives of its people, from the Samuel Johnson prizewinning author of Nothing to Envy
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR IN FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST, NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, SPECTATOR
You simply cannot understand China without reading Barbara Demick on Tibet
- Evan Osnos, author of Age of Ambition
In 1950, China claimed sovereignty over Tibet, leading to decades of unrest and resistance. Barbara Demick chronicles the Tibetan tragedy from Ngaba, a defiant town on the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau. From the stories of Ngaba s last princess and those who experienced the struggle sessions of Mao s revolution to the experiences of today s monks and townsfolk suffering repression under China s rule, Demick paints a riveting portrait of Tibet past and present as it fights for its identity against one of the most powerful countries in the world.
About the Author
Barbara Demick won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Nothing to Envy (Granta, 2010), her seminal book on North Korea. She is also the author of Besieged (Granta, 2012), her account of the war in Sarajevo, which won the George Polk Award, the Robert F Kennedy Award and was shortlisted for a Pulitzer Prize. She lives in New York.
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