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My Tibetan Childhood translation provided by ANGUS CARGILL and SONAM LHAMO edited and abridged by ANGUS CARGILL with a foreword by THE 14TH DALAI LAMA, TENZIN GYATSO a foreword by RALPH LITZINGER and an introduction by ROBERT BARNETT My Tibetan Childhood When Ice Shattered Stone Naktsang Nulo duke university press Durham and London 2014 © 2014 Duke University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid- free paper ∞ Designed by Natalie F. Smith Typeset in Minion Pro by Copperline library of congress cataloging- in- publication data Naktsang Nulo. My Tibetan childhood : when ice shattered stone / Naktsang Nulo; translation provided by Angus Cargill and Sonam Lhamo; edited and abridged by Angus Cargill ; with a foreword by the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, a foreword by Ralph Litzinger, and an introduction by Robert Barnett pages cm Includes index. isbn 978-0-8223-5712-4 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn 978-0-8223-5726-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Naktsang Nulo. 2. Children—China—Tibet Autonomous Region—Biography. 3. Tibet Autonomous Region (China)—History—1951– i. Cargill, Angus. ii. Title. ds786.n327 2014 951'.5055092—dc23 [b] 2014009913 on the cover: The author and his brother in Chinese clothing at their first government school. Courtesy of the C. V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University in the City of New York. CONTENTS foreword by the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso ix foreword by Ralph Litzinger xi introduction A Note on Context and Significance by Robert Barnett xv translators’ note liii author’s preface 1 prelude The Charnel Ground 9 one Born on the Wide Tibetan Grasslands 13 appendix Guide to Abridgment two and Chapter Changes A Childhood with Herdsmen, from Original Bandits, and Monks 269 49 glossary three 271 By Yak Caravan to the Holy City of Lhasa index 71 283 four Witness to Massacre on Our Tragic Journey through Desolate Places 131 five Torture and Imprisonment, Starvation and Survival 183 FOREWORD The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso My Tibetan Childhood is the autobiography of a young Tibetan that vividly describes the brutal repression of Tibet by Chinese forces in the 1950s. The au- thor personally witnessed the events he describes in this book, and he records them convincingly and straightforwardly. Today, only a few elderly people remain who can recount these sad events from personal experience. Candid recollections such as these are of great value not only to new generations of Tibetans who want to understand the recent history of their own people but also to readers abroad who are interested in what actually happened in Tibet. This book, originally written in Tibetan, was earlier translated into Chi- nese. Now, it has been translated into English. Readers of both Chinese and English who are already familiar with what took place in Tibet after 1950 will recognize what is described here; for others it may be a revelation. Either way, I am sure the candor of these recollections will convince readers of the justice of the cause of Tibet and lead them to lend us their support.
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