by Thomas Laird · Ediciones Paidós · tapa dura · ISBN 9788449321160
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A personal look at the history of Tibet through conversations with the Dalai Lama. This book offers a historical narrative that reveals the presence, character, and ideas of the Dalai Lama, presenting the reader with fourteen hundred years of civilization, myth, and spirituality. Through extensive interviews, Thomas Laird explores Tibet's relations with the Mongols, the Golden Age under the Great Fifth Dalai Lama, contact with the Manchu empire, decades of modern independence, and the Dalai Lama's meetings with Mao Tse-tung before his exile in 1959. A volume that enriches the oral tradition of Tibet, offering a broader and deeper vision of the country.
Thomas C. Laird is an American journalist, writer, and photographer who specializes in Tibet.
