Grains of Gold: Tales of a Cosmopolitan Traveler

by Gendün Chöphel, Donald S. Lopez Jr., Thupten Jinpa

In 1941, philosopher and poet Gendun Chopel (1903-51) sent a large manuscript by ship, train, and yak across mountains and deserts to his homeland in the northeastern corner of Tibet. He would follow it five years later, returning to his native land after twelve years in India and Sri Lanka. But he did not receive the welcome he imagined: he was arrested by the government of the regent of the young Dalai Lama on trumped-up charges of treason. He emerged...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022609197X
• ISBN13: 9780226091976
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 2.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"