Fire Under The Snow

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Testimony of a Tibetan Prisoner

Palden Gyatso, Tsering Shakya, Tsering Shakya , Dalai Lama XIV

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Tibetan

The Harvill Press
01 August 2002

Autobiography: general; Asian history; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Political oppression & persecution; Demonstrations & protest movements

A wonderfully constructed account of bravery and resolve in the face of brutal injustice.

In 1992 the Venerable Palden Gyatso was released after thirty-three years of imprisonment by Chinese forces in Tibet. He fled across the Himalayas to India, smuggling with him the instruments of his torture. This powerful text is the story of his life and irrefutable testimony to the appalling suffering of the Tibetan nation at the hands of the Chinese.

By: Palden Gyatso, Tsering Shakya
Foreword by: Dalai Lama XIV
Translated by: Tsering Shakya
Imprint: The Harvill Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 192g
ISBN: 9781860465093
ISBN 10: 1860465099
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 August 2002
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Palden Gyatso was born in 1933 and raised in a small Tibetan village. At the age of eighteen he became an ordained Buddhist Monk at one of Tibet's most famous monasteries, Drepung Monastery. Palden was arrested in 1959 after taking part in a non-violent demonstration for Tibetan independence. After a failed escape bid he was starved and tortured. Following his release in 1992, after 33 years of captivity, he fled to India and began to reveal the true extent of the Chinese oppression in Tibet. The Venerable Palden Gyatso now lives in Dharamsala in India. Since his escape from Chinese-occupied Tibet in 1992, he has travelled widely in Europe and the USA with Amnesty and other support organisations. In 1995 he testified at the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva. Palden's autobiography, Fire Under the Snow- True Story of a Tibetan Monk, was published in 1997.

Reviews for Fire Under The Snow: Testimony of a Tibetan Prisoner

In writing this enduring memoir of extraordinary suffering, resistance and endurance, he has testified not only to the pain of countless individuals but to the devastation of a nation -- Judith Shapiro New York Times Every household in Britain should have a copy of Fire Under the Snow -- Patrick French Sunday Times This is a book with glory and filth, innocence and murder, wisdom and madness, and at this moment the filth, murder and madness are taking over -- Bernard Levin The Times