Last Seen in Lhasa : The story of an extraordinary friendship in modern Tibet

ISBN-13: 9781846040061 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 244 str.

Claire Scobie

Opis

Through seven journeys in Tibet, the author chronicles a changing world - where monks talk on mobiles and Lhasa's sex industry thrives. Evoking the luminous landscape of snow peaks and wild alpine gardens, she captures the paradoxes of contemporary Tibet,

Recenzje

Stylish, elegant prose in this absorbing and rewarding account Observer

O autorze

Claire Scobie studied History at Cambridge, where she won an award as Best Features Journalist for the student newspaper. On graduating she worked for the Saturday Telegraph Magazine for three years and won the Catherine Pakenham Award as Best Young Journalist of the Year. Since then she has written for numerous publications including the Daily Telegraph, The Observer, Scotsman on Sunday, The Age, The Bulletin and The South China Morning Post. She has been living in Australia since 2001 but travels widely.