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Secret Tibet

Secret Tibet

by Fosco Maraini (Author), Fosco Maraini (Author)

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    Paperback 2002

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Synopsis

Fosco Maraini looks back at the world he first unfolded nearly 50 years ago in his classic account of the visits he made to Tibet. He brings back to life a world which will never be seen again. In the tradition of Italian travellers from the days of Marco Polo, Maraini went to Tibet to learn, to understand, to give and to receive. His encounter with the people of Tibet, from princesses to peasants, aided as he was by a good knowledge of the language, is a true meeting of minds. The text, which attests to the disciplines of the scholar allied to the sensitivity of the poet, is enriched by the narrative value of the author's photographs, including many Buddhist temple artefacts now forever lost.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 448
 Edition: New
 Publisher: Vintage
Published: 24 Jan 2002
ISBN 10: 186046873X
ISBN 13: 9781860468735

Media Reviews
An outstanding account... The photographs are astounding and the book is beautifully produced Anthony Sattin, Sunday Times; A detailed, intelligent and lyrical portrait of pre-Chinese Tibet Sara Wheeler, Daily Telegraph
Author Bio
Fosco Maraini was born in 1912. An anthropologist by training, after his first visit to Tibet he was trapped in Japan by the outbreak of war, and taught at the University of Kyoto until interned. He has been a broadcaster, documentary film-maker, and professor at the University of Florence. From 1959-64 he was a Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford.