{"product_id":"my-tibetan-childhood-when-ice-shattered-stone-paperback","title":"My Tibetan Childhood: When Ice Shattered Stone - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNaktsang Nulo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAngus Cargill\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eSonam Lhamo\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMy Tibetan Chldhood\u003c\/i\u003e, Naktsang Nulo recalls his life in Tibet's Amdo region during the 1950s. From the perspective of himself at age ten, he describes his upbringing as a nomad on Tibet's eastern plateau. He depicts pilgrimages to monasteries, including a 1500-mile horseback expedition his family made to and from Lhasa. A year or so later, they attempted that same journey as they fled from advancing Chinese troops. Naktsang's father joined and was killed in the little-known 1958 Amdo rebellion against the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the armed branch of the Chinese Communist Party. During the next year, the author and his brother were imprisoned in a camp where, after the onset of famine, very few children survived. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe real significance of this episodic narrative is the way it shows, through the eyes of a child, the suppressed histories of China's invasion of Tibet. The author's matter-of-fact accounts cast the atrocities that he relays in stark relief. Remarkably, Naktsang lived to tell his tale. His book was published in 2007 in China, where it was a bestseller before the Chinese government banned it in 2010. It is the most reprinted modern Tibetan literary work. This translation makes a fascinating if painful period of modern Tibetan history accessible in English. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNaktsang 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAngus Cargill was formerly a Lecturer in the Department of Tibetan Language and Literature at Minzu University of China, Beijing.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.98 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757872906528,"sku":"9780822357261","price":56.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3afbe5132492b0c9452530c755fb3fd7.webp?v=1780113702","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/my-tibetan-childhood-when-ice-shattered-stone-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}