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Across many mountains : a Tibetan family's epic journey from oppression to freedom / Yangzom Brauen ; translated by Katy Derbyshire.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German New York : St. Martin's Press, 2011Edition: 1st U. S. edDescription: 306 pages, [16] pages of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780312600136
Uniform titles:
  • Eisenvogel. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.895/410494092 B 23
LOC classification:
  • DS786 .B71513 2011
Summary: A powerful, emotional memoir and an extraordinary portrait of three generations of Tibetan women whose lives are forever changed when Chairman Mao's Red Army crushes Tibetan independence, sending a young mother and her six-year-old daughter on a treacherous journey across the snowy Himalayas toward freedom
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First published in different format in Germany by Heyne Verlag under the title Eisenvogel.

Includes index.

A powerful, emotional memoir and an extraordinary portrait of three generations of Tibetan women whose lives are forever changed when Chairman Mao's Red Army crushes Tibetan independence, sending a young mother and her six-year-old daughter on a treacherous journey across the snowy Himalayas toward freedom