Author: Gyatso, Palden; Shakya, Tsering.
Title: Fire Under the Snow.
Description: London, U.K.: The Harvill Press, (1997). (1997). - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial folding wrappers. The binding is slightly bumped with light foxing to the top edge of the rear wrap's inner fold. [xx] & 232 pages. Near fine.

Proof copy from the library of Peter Matthiessen [as is common with proofs, the illustrations are not present].

The autobiography of Palden Gyatso, as told to Tsering Shakya, a leading Tibetan historian, who translated the text from the Tibetan. In 1959, Gyatso was imprisoned by the Chinese for thirty-three years after taking part in a non-violent demonstration for Tibetan freedom. The foreword is by the Dalai Lama.

Laid in is a letter to Matthiessen from the Harvill Press, sending him the book and noting that Tsering Shakya, a great admirer of Mathiessen, very much wanted him to receive a copy. Very good .

Keywords: NOAMZ; HISTORY; CHINA; TIBET; TIBETAN PRISONER; FIRE UNDER THE SNOW; PALDEN GYATSO; TSERING SHAKYA; DALAI LAMA; PROOF COPY; PETER MATTHIESSEN.

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