In exile from the land of snows : the definitive account of the Dalai Lama and Tibet since the Chinese conquest /

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Author / Creator:Avedon, John F., author.
Edition:Second Vintage Books edition.
Imprint:New York : Vintage Books, 2015.
©2015
Description:xv, 456 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10381820
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ISBN:9780804173377
0804173370
Notes:Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form by Alfred A. Knopf in 1984 and in paperback in revised form by Harper Perennial in 1997.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-441) and index.
Summary:Now considered a classic, this is an eloquent and compellingly told account of the Dalai Lama's exile from Tibet after its conquest by China.

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