{"product_id":"my-tibetan-childhood-naktsang-nulo-9780822357261","title":"My Tibetan Childhood: When Ice Shattered Stone","description":"In \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. \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Naktsang Nulo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822357267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822357261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.12w x 0.73d","brand":"Naktsang Nulo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120354324735,"sku":"9780822357261","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4ede492-3c4d-4138-991a-872e36ef618d.jpg?v=1687413876","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-tibetan-childhood-naktsang-nulo-9780822357261","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}