Across many mountains (Record no. 50652)
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| fixed length control field | 02795nam a22002177a 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20190103100845.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781250012036 |
| 028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME | |
| Distributor Name | International Book Distributors |
| Distributor address | ;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments,5 Ansari Road,Daryaganj New Delhi-110002 |
| Bill Number | ;113061 |
| Bill Date | ;22/12/2018 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 305.8954 BRA |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Yangzom Brauen |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Across many mountains |
| Remainder of title | : a Tibetan family's epic journey from oppression to freedom |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | /Yangzom Brauen |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | : St. Martin's Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | , 2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 306 pages, [16] pages of plates |
| Other physical details | : illustrations (some color), map |
| Dimensions | ; 25 cm |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price amount | 1369 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | A memoir and portrait of three generations of Tibetan women whose lives are forever changed when Chairman Mao's Red Army crushes Tibetan independence, sending a young mother and her six-year-old daughter on a treacherous journey across the snowy Himalayas toward freedom. Kunsang thought she would never leave Tibet. One of the country's youngest Buddhist nuns, she grew up in a remote mountain village where, as a teenager, she entered the local nunnery. Though simple, Kunsang's life gave her all she needed: a oneness with nature and a sense of the spiritual in all things. She married a monk, had two children, and lived in peace and prayer. But not for long. There was a saying in Tibet: "When the iron bird flies and horses run on wheels, the Tibetan people will be scattered like ants across the face of the earth." The Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1950 changed everything. When soldiers arrived at her mountain monastery, destroying everything in their path, Kunsang and her family fled across the Himalayas only to spend years in Indian refugee camps. She lost both her husband and her youngest child on that journey, but the future held an extraordinary turn of events that would forever change her life, the arrival in the refugee camps of a cultured young Swiss man long fascinated with Tibet. Martin Brauen will fall instantly in love with Kunsang's young daughter, Sonam, eventually winning her heart and hand, and taking mother and daughter with him to Switzerland, where Yangzom will be born. Many stories lie hidden until the right person arrives to tell them. In rescuing the story of her now 90-year-old inspirational grandmother and her mother, Yangzom Brauen has given us a book full of love, courage, and triumph, as well as allowing us a rare and vivid glimpse of life in rural Tibet before the arrival of the Chinese. Most importantly, though, this story is a testament to three strong, determined women who are linked by an unbreakable family bond |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Social Sciences |
| 655 ## - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Tibet Autonomous Region (China) -- Biography. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Yangzom Brauen |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
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