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Translator Kevin Carrico Publication date January 2016 Originally published January 2016 Page count 128 Publisher Verso Books People also search for Voices from Tibet | 4.3/5 Goodreads Language English Pages 128 ISBN 9781784781538 Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tibet on Fire: Self-Immolations Against Chinese Rule is a 2016 book by the Tibetan writer and political activist, Tsering Woeser published by Verso Books
Contents
Synopsis
Tibet on Fire is an account of the discrimination and oppression faced by Tibet and the resistance to Chinese rule from the perspective of an author living under house arrest.
Reception
Dr James Leibold, an academic and author praised Tibet on Fire, writing "Tibet on Fire is a deeply moving and humanising book by an intrepid women with one foot in both Tibetan and Chinese societies. Woeser takes us behind the headlines and helps us better understand why so many Tibetan people have chosen to end their lives in this horrific form of protest"
References
Tibet on Fire Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA