The Art of Exile: Paintings by Tibetan Children in India
by By Lukas, Sarah K. (EDT), Leaken, Kitty (PHT), Harris, Clare, Leaken, Kitty (EDT), Harris, Clare (EDT), Museum of International Folk Art (N. M.) (COR), and Bod Kyi Bud Med Lhan Tshogs (Dharmsala, India) (COR)
Category: Art , Asian , General

Tells the story of the Tibetan exile experience through watercolors, words, and photographs.  Focuses on the Tibetan Homes Foundation in Mussoorie, India, and the stories of the children who escaped Tibet to settle there.  Includes interviews with several children about their passages to India, their memories of home, and their new life in India.  The politics of the Tibetan situation are also dealt with through paintings of Chinese soldiers, the Dalai Lama, and more interviews with the exiles.  Concludes with an essay by Clare Harris, a British art anthropologist who specializes in Tibetan culture.  No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.