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Tibet as I knew it : the memoir of Dr. Tsewang Yishey Pemba /

"This book is the memoir of Tsewang Yishey Pemba, as novelist and the first Western-trained medical doctor in Tibet, and whose memories of the Tibet of the 1930s and 1940s include festivals, travel, the author's formative years in Tibet and India, and the daily lives of Tibetans"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pemba, Tsewang Y. (Author)
Other Authors: Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]
Series:Studies in modern Tibetan culture.
Subjects:
Pemba, Tsewang Y.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Biography.
Physicians > China > Tibet Autonomous Region > Biography.
Authors, Tibetan > Biography.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Description and travel.
Authors, Tibetan.
Manners and customs.
Physicians.
Travel.
China > Tibet Autonomous Region.
1900-1999
Biographies.
Description
Summary:"This book is the memoir of Tsewang Yishey Pemba, as novelist and the first Western-trained medical doctor in Tibet, and whose memories of the Tibet of the 1930s and 1940s include festivals, travel, the author's formative years in Tibet and India, and the daily lives of Tibetans"--
Physical Description:vi, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781666908565
1666908568