{"product_id":"my-tibetan-childhood-1","title":"My Tibetan Childhood","description":"\u003cdiv\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Naktsang Nulo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615998927228,"sku":"9780822357124","price":101.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780822357124_c7bc6070-2371-4247-9515-2fe0a3c23fa5.jpg?v=1725885812","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/my-tibetan-childhood-1","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}