{"product_id":"tibet-tibet","title":"Tibet Tibet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eIndia: A Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e, Patrick French''s \u003ci\u003eTibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land \u003c\/i\u003ehas been acclaimed as the book that showed the real Tibet for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Tibet has long fascinated the West, but what really lies beyond our romantic image of a Buddhist mountain kingdom of peace and spirituality?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Travelling through the country, French meets warrior monks, nomads and a nun secretly fighting Chinese communist rule, but also young Tibetans with a more pragmatic attitude to their situation. Interweaving these encounters with little-known stories of war and turmoil from Tibet''s past, he reveals a more nuanced, fascinating and surprising picture of this complex place than any other book has done. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''Mixes a compelling subject, magnificent prose and deep understanding'' \u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''Inspired and heartfelt ... shows that Tibet was never the peace-loving paradise so many generations of well-wishers have longed for it to be'' \u003cbr\u003e  Pico Iyer, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''Tibet, Tibet, so good they named it twice ... French is a writer of generous talents''\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''French has produced something very different from what he calls \"Tibetophile\" literature, something greatly superior in its honesty and lack of false sentiment''\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''A gripping mix of history, travel writing and personal memoir ... vividly told'' \u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePatrick French\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eYounghusband: The Last Great Imperial Adventurer\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Somerset Maugham Award and the Royal Society of Literature W. H. Heinemann Prize, \u003ci\u003eLiberty or Death: India''s Journey to Independence and Division\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, \u003ci\u003eTibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Hawthornden Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319344111998,"sku":"NW9780241950388","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241950388.jpg?v=1778727542","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/tibet-tibet","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}