Ji Shuo Ga Duo: Love In No Man's Land

by Duo, Ji Shuo Ga

ISBN: 9781786699459

Published: 2018-04-23

"The Changtang Plateau is the gateway to the wasteland of northern Tibet, a vast rolling grassland ringed by snow peaks that stand like trees in a forest. This is the Roof of the World and home to Gongzha, a young boy, and his family. They live by herding yaks and sheep, and by hunting. But it is 1967 and the Cultural Revolution is about change their lives forever. As the Red Guard systematically loot and destroy Tibet's monasteries, Gongzha helps hide two treasures belonging to his local temple: a black Buddha marked with an ancient symbol and a copy of the twelfth-century text the Epic of King Gesar, written in gold ink. The repercussions of his act will echo across the decades. Gongzha will be taken far from home, to mountain peaks and subterranean labyrinths. He will lose love and find it. He will battle wolves, bears, outlaws and his own self as legend and history are interwoven in the story of a young man's quest to find happiness in a time of uncertainty and...