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ISBN: 978-988-17742-0-0
Paperback, 212 pages
Size: 14 x 21.6 cm
Published:
Feb 2010 (Asia)
Oct 2010 (North America)

Price: HK$128 / US$15.95

Chinese-speaking journalist Annelie Rozeboom worked as a foreign correspondent in China for ten years. During that time she was able to interview numerous Tibetan people inside and outside Tibet, as well as Chinese and Western observers and the Dalai Lama himself. The focus of the interviews was on the life stories of these people. As they explain their experiences, it becomes clear to the reader why they think the way they do. The book also shows how history washed over this remote kingdom and how the Tibetans and the Chinese came to take such opposing positions. Waiting for the Dalai Lama is a uniquely valuable book which approaches the emotive issue of Tibet from all sides.

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MEDIA ATTENTION

“Don't expect lyrical descriptions from Rozeboom. Through the life stories and observations she collected, there is the thread of a political problem. She spoke with nomads, civil servants, farmers, intellectuals, monks, refugees, aid workers, rich and poor, oppressed (Tibetans) and oppressors (Chinese) and with the Dalai Lama himself. A masterpiece, considering the restrictions the Chinese imposed on her and the hesitation of the Tibetans.” – Volkskrant (review from the Dutch edition)

“Annelie Rozeboom, former correspondent in Beijing, visited this fascinating region, but without dwelling on its mysticism. Apart from being religious, the kind Tibetan population is mostly poor, she writes in her journalistic study. .... Little by little it becomes clear what a complicated and divided country Tibet is.” – Trouw (review from the Dutch edition)

“An interesting book with two important qualities: thematic diversity and lots of attention to eyewitness accounts of people who were really there.” – Bibnet (review from the Dutch edition)