Murder In The High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy And Escape From Tibet (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
My mind is still spinning after reading Jonathan Green's Murder in the High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy and Escape from Tibet. Green's gripping account of the escape attempt & murder of a Tibetan nun, is spellbinding. In the shadow of the highest peaks in the world, over 40 individuals from Tibet seek to find refuge in India, and under the thumb of the Chinese government. This nonfiction account reads like a fast-paced thriller, told from the perspective of two young Tibetan girls planning their escape to an experienced mountain climber from the West who ultimately ends up witnessing the murder. Through this story, I learned so much about Tibet, and it's sad history & oppression, and I learned even more about the Chinese government, and it's slow [& bloody] rise to worldwide superpower. I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys nonfiction, political, travel reads. I couldn't put it down! When I finished this book I really kind of wished that I could give it six stars to distinguish it from the multitude of very good books that I have read and rated with five stars. This book is a lot of things at the same time: a great lesson on Chinese-Tibetan history, an inside look at the culture of commercial mountaineering, an interesting commentary on the microcosmic interface between between the East and West in the Himalayas, and a heart-wrenching narrative of a horrible atrocity (don't want to give too much away, but the title gives you some sense of what's coming). It's nonfiction, which makes the story much more powerful, but it reads with the pace of a suspense novel. This is a must-read book.
What do You think about Murder In The High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy And Escape From Tibet (2010)?
This is an eye-opening book on human rights abuses by the Chinese in Tibet. A must read!
—terri
i would love to read this book.... seems like full of adventure....
—maizarsadias
wonderful..just finishing..so I cant share a thhing!
—alexj
