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Book SynopsisBorn in 1941, Tubten Khetsun is a nephew of the Gyatso Tashi Khendrung, one of the senior government officials taken prisoner after the Tibetan peoples' uprising of March 10, 1959. This autobiography talks of his prison experiences as well as the state of civil society following his release.
Trade ReviewDemonstrates in full detail the human tragedy of Maoist rule in a land whose tradition it despised and tried to destroy. Kirkus Reviews A welcome and informative addition on this little-understood and highly polemicized subject. -- George Fitzherbert Times Literary Supplement This book provides an important piece of the puzzle for those seeking to understand the experience of ordinary Tibetans since 1959. -- Rick Carew Far Eastern Economic Review evocatively written and beautifully translated China Review International A powerful indictment of the physical and psychological exploitation of the Tibetan people and natural environment in the service of building a "new" China. -- Benno Ryan Weiner The Journal of Asian Studies
Table of ContentsTranslator's Introduction Preface 1. The Story of My Family 2. My Childhood 3. The March 10th Uprising 4. The Chinese Fan the Flames of War 5. Imprisoned at the Tibet Military District Headquarters 6. Imprisoned at the Norbu Lingka Barracks 7. At the Nga-chen Power Station Construction Site 8. In Tering Prison 9. In Drapchi Prison 10. The Trong-nying Prison Farm 11. Back Home from Prison 12. The Agitation by the Muslims of Woba-ling 13. The Fall of the Panchen Lama 14. The Misuse of Education 15. The Establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region 16. The Onset of the Cultural Revolution 17. The June 7th Massacre 18. A Disastrous New Year 19. Old Tsampa in Old Meru 20. The Sino-Soviet War Brings Increased Oppression 21. The "One Smash and Three Antis" Campaign 22. The "Great Massacre" 23. PLA Soldiers Destroy the Fruits of the People's Labor in the Marshes 24. The Systematic Destruction of Ganden Monastery 25. Sent to Kongpo for the Second Time 26. The Xichao Dachang Timber Yard 27. The Tolung Power Station Construction Camp 28. The Lin Biao Affair 29. The Defamation Campaign 30. "Socialist Transformation" 31. The Banak-shol Production Cooperative 32. The Farmer's Life 33. The Death of Mao Zedong and Subsequent Developments 34. The Rewards of My Hard Work 35. Working in the Potala Palace 36. At the Tibet Academy of Social Science Epilogue: Leaving Tibet Index
