by Claude B. Levenson · Editions Philippe Picquier · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782877303187
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«La messagère du Tibet: Le retour du panchen-lama» is the novel by Claude B. Levenson, published by Editions Philippe Picquier in paperback.
Dolma, an exiled Tibetan teenager, reconnects with her roots by learning her mother tongue, threatened by the Chinese presence, while dreaming of meeting the dalai-lama. The repression of protests over the dispute about the panchen-lama's reincarnation pushes her to cross the Himalayas. A story about exile, memory and identity.
Work of 157 pages in French, published in 1997. It falls within literature and fiction, with themes of Tibet and Lamaism.
For readers interested in Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism and stories of exile and cultural identity.
Claude B. Levenson was a French journalist, orientalist, Tibetologist, translator and writer who authored approximately twenty-five books on the subjects of Buddhism, Burma and Tibet. She contributed to the newspapers Le Monde, L'Obs, Politique internationale, Le Temps, Geo, 24 heures and Libération. Levenson was a member of the Committee of 100 for Tibet and worked as a translator for the Dalai Lama.
