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Book SynopsisIn 1992 the Venerable Palden Gyatso was released after thirty-three years of imprisonment by Chinese forces in Tibet. He fled across the Himalayas to India, smuggling with him the instruments of his torture. This powerful text is the story of his life and irrefutable testimony to the appalling suffering of the Tibetan nation at the hands of the Chinese.
Trade ReviewIn writing this enduring memoir of extraordinary suffering, resistance and endurance, he has testified not only to the pain of countless individuals but to the devastation of a nation -- Judith Shapiro * New York Times *
Every household in Britain should have a copy of
Fire Under the Snow -- Patrick French * Sunday Times *
This is a book with glory and filth, innocence and murder, wisdom and madness, and at this moment the filth, murder and madness are taking over -- Bernard Levin * The Times *
