Cairns

ISBN: 145384984X

Author: Taylor, Dan'l

Condition: New

Review Cairns is a tale of historical and cultural prescience, richly descriptive of Tibetan life during difficult times. Taylor's understanding and descriptions of village life in Tibet ring true. --Rain Taxi Review, Summer 2010 Don Messerschmidt Product Description The real Tibet. The love of boy & girl, the majesty of Mt Everest and towering peaks, a lost treasure now guarded by lepers, life's challenges after China's entry into Tibet, the alienation of being a Tibetan refugee, and a possible way the Dalai Lama can now return to his homeland. A fast-moving novel with exquisite detail (and photographs) about the culture, nature, and politics of Tibet's recent past. From the Author For 27 years I've been going to Tibet, a total of 44 trips now. The story that has grown on me is the Tibetan people's story. I brought this story forward in a novel--but it is a novel that presents what I have seen with my own eyes during those 44 trips over 27 years--massive changes in the life that the people lead. I have been lucky to see the transformation.  It is painful with much tragedy--but it is also uplifting to see the Tibetan people taking ownership of their lives--and it has been most gratifying to find sincere allies among the local government in Tibet and the distant government in Beijing join with the Tibetan people to improve lives and also the Tibetan environment. I wanted to share this complex story.There is a great deal of hope for Tibet. In the novel I propose how the Dalai Lama can return. It is not hard.  In the novel I also expose a number of secrets that various parties have tried to hide about Tibet--for example the role of the American CIA or tragedies that occurred during the Cultural Revolution. But from this complex history, much little known, the reality of changing lives in Tibet is brought forward with hope.Tibet is a splendid land--its people are equally remarkable. From the Back Cover What were Nima and Tsering searching for?> The identity of the Yeti?> Understanding Buddhism in the modern age?> Their son lost in the Cultural Revolution?> The Lepers' Treasure?The Lepers' Treasure:> Who is the mysterious leader who guards it?> Where did it go after the Lake of the Floating Rock?> A treasure of gems--or a way out of discrimination?Some of Tibet's secrets:> The "hidden valley" east of Mount Everest...> How the US Govt worked to overthrow Chinese rule...> A way that the Dalai Lama can return to Tibet...> The hidden history of Tibetan engaging in terrorism... About the Author The author grew up in the Himalaya, in India and Nepal--and has made 44 trips into Tibet and has conducted extensive environmental and sociological research across Tibet as well as India and Nepal. He is individual who led in advancing the Qomolangma (Mt Everest) National Nature Preserve which is the central venue for this novel. Before his conservation work, Taylor became known around the world for providing the scientific explanation for the Yeti--an explanation that is repeated dramatically in this novel. He has led extensive community health research for twenty years in Nepal.For his achievements in preserving the Himalayan environment he was knighted Gorkha Dakshin Bau III by the King of Nepal, made the first Honorary Professor of Quantitative Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and decorated with the Order of the Golden Arc by Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands.