{"product_id":"eat-the-buddha-life-and-death-in-a-tibetan-town","title":"Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925498783\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (UK)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2020\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Text Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003ePages: 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eFor centuries, Tibet was known as a hermit kingdom. Its charms were hidden by the natural barrier of the Himalayas to its west and by a reclusive theocratic government ruled by a succession of Dalai Lamas...Nowadays it is not the Tibetans shutting the door, but a paranoid Chinese Communist Party. China has ruled Tibet since 1950, and is a most unwelcoming gatekeeper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Eat the Buddha, Barbara Demick, award-winning author of Nothing to Envy, journeys to a small town high on the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau. The residents of Aba have been in an uneasy compromise with the Chinese for decades, living nomadically on the plateau in the summer and moving to concrete housing in the winter, sending their children to monasteries to be educated, practising polyandry as is their custom-yet all the time subject to oppressive restrictions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTravelling in disguise to evade the Chinese authorities, Demick interviewed Tibetans over three years- among them a novice monk contemplating protest suicide, the last princess of the region exiled during the Cultural Revolution and a young woman trapped in a bigamous marriage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeaving together their stories with the history of China's dominance over Tibet, she creates a vivid portrait of the lives of a people locked in a struggle for identity and independence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis product has FREE shipping however combined shipping for other products is not available with this item.  Please allow up to 10 days for shipping.","brand":"SmartfoxNZ","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":43185776525401,"sku":"PR541315","price":51.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2551\/5502\/files\/9781925498783_SHZDNW2WP50R.jpg?v=1774965893","url":"https:\/\/smartfox.co.nz\/products\/eat-the-buddha-life-and-death-in-a-tibetan-town","provider":"SmartfoxNZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}