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A review by beckym
The Friendship Highway: Two Journeys in Tibet by Charlie Carroll
5.0
Oh my goodness. It’s rare that I finish a book and find myself practically speechless...usually I want to tell anyone who will listen all about it. This time though .... just oh my goodness.
I have read books on Tibet before. It’s a region that fascinates me, and one I’m unlikely to ever actually see. Charlie Carroll’s account is incredible. A worldly view of the atrocities and changes that continue to sweep through Tibet even today, over half a century after the Cultural Revolution.
The story is told in alternating chapters, one chapter by the author, one told in third person about Lobsang, a young Tibetan that Carroll met along the Friendship Highway. The most harrowing part of the book is towards the end, when Lobsang and Charlie meet. It is.... incredibly saddening.
I think this book is a must-read. For Lobsang if nothing else. Little is truly known about what happens within the Tibetan Autonomous Region, and almost nothing known about individuals who suffer there. For that reason this book should be read. It is just incredible.
I have read books on Tibet before. It’s a region that fascinates me, and one I’m unlikely to ever actually see. Charlie Carroll’s account is incredible. A worldly view of the atrocities and changes that continue to sweep through Tibet even today, over half a century after the Cultural Revolution.
The story is told in alternating chapters, one chapter by the author, one told in third person about Lobsang, a young Tibetan that Carroll met along the Friendship Highway. The most harrowing part of the book is towards the end, when Lobsang and Charlie meet. It is.... incredibly saddening.
I think this book is a must-read. For Lobsang if nothing else. Little is truly known about what happens within the Tibetan Autonomous Region, and almost nothing known about individuals who suffer there. For that reason this book should be read. It is just incredible.