000 01024pam a2200157 a 4500
020 _a9781846553448
082 _a951.5
100 _aBrauen, Yangzom.
245 _aAcross many mountains
_bthree daughters of Tibet
_cYangzom Brauen ; translated from German by Katy Derbyshire.
260 _aLondon :
_bHarvill Secker
_c2011.
300 _a324 p., [8] p. of plates :
_bcol. ill., ports. ;
_c25 cm.
500 _aFirst published in Germany as Eisenvogel by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 2009.
520 _aAt a Free Tibet demonstration in Moscow in 2001, a Swiss actress is captured on film being arrested. She catches people.s attention for her passion and her striking, Tibetan beauty. A German publisher suggests she tells the world her story. The result is this breathtaking book about Yangzom Brauen.s Tibetan heritage, and most particularly her extraordinary grandmother and mother, who fled Tibet in the early 1950s when the Chinese came to take their country away.
650 _aMothers and daughters
024 _a4219.145784
999 _c23908
_d23908