In Exile from the Land of Snows
Subtitle: The Definitive Account of the Dalai Lama and Tibet Since the Chinese Conquest
By: John F. Avedon
Edition: Second Vintage Books edition
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780804173377; 9780804173384
Subjects: History
Description: Now considered a classic, this is an eloquent and compellingly told account of the Dalai Lama's exile from Tibet after its conquest by China.
Notes: Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form by Alfred A. Knopf in 1984 and in paperback in revised form by Harper Perennial in 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-441) and index.
Table of contents: title: Before the fall, 1933-1950; title: Occupation, 1950-1959; title: In exile from the land of snows, 1959-1960; title: Reconstruction, 1960-1974; title: The fight for Tibet, 1959-1984; title: Tibetan medicine : the science of healing; title: On pilgrimage with the Dalai Lama; title: The wheel of protection; title: Tibet enslaved, 1959-1965; title: The long night, 1966-1977; title: Return, 1977-1984; title: Afterword; title: An interview with the Dalai Lama.