by Jetsun Pema · Edições Asa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789724119205
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«Uma vida pelo Tibete» is the autobiography of Jetsun Pema, published by Edições Asa in paperback (230 pages, in Portuguese).
Jetsun Pema recounts in the first person her life devoted to the education and care of Tibetan refugee children in India. The book interweaves personal memory and collective chronicle: it shows the effort to preserve the language, traditions and identity of Tibet in exile, as well as the humanitarian work and resilience of her community.
Jetsun Pema is the sister of the fourteenth Dalai Lama. The Portuguese edition, published in April 1998, belongs to the Documentos collection of Edições Asa.
For readers interested in the history of Tibet, in testimonies of exile and in the education of refugee children in India.
