Far from the Rooftop of the World: Travels Among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents - Softcover

Yee, Amy

 
9781469675510: Far from the Rooftop of the World: Travels Among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents
Softcover
ISBN 10: 146967551X ISBN 13: 9781469675510
Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

In 2008, the Chinese government cracked down on protests throughout Tibet, and journalist Amy Yee found herself covering a press conference with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, his exile home in India. She never imagined a personal encounter with the spiritual leader would spark a global, fourteen-year journey to spotlight the stories of Tibetans in exile. As she documents how Tibetans live between worlds, Yee comes to know ordinary but extraordinary people like Topden, a monk and unlikely veterinary assistant; Norbu, a chef and political refugee; and Deckyi and Dhondup, a couple forced to leave their middle-class lives in Lhasa. Yee follows them to other parts of India and across oceans and four continents where they forge new lives while sustaining Tibetan identity and culture.

Weaving a sweeping travel narrative with intimate on-the-ground reportage, Far from the Rooftop of the World tells these stories and others against the backdrop of milestones and events in Tibet’s recent history – many memorable, too many tragic. The resulting portrait illuminates the humanity, strength, and perseverance of a people whose homeland is in crisis.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Amy Yee is an award-winning journalist, currently with the Chicago Sun-Times, previously with Bloomberg/CityLab, and a former Financial Times staff reporter in New York and Delhi correspondent covering India and South Asia.

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Verlag
The University of North Carolina Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
146967551X
ISBN 13 
9781469675510
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
261
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