Eat The Buddha

Few writers have done more to illuminate isolated parts of the world than Barbara Demick.… more

"An awe-inspiring new book by Barbara Demick... Everything about this book is enthralling; from the seamless way Demick recounts history through flashes of memories, to her descriptions of the Tibetan plateaus."  Washington Post… more

More than any other non-Chinese journalist of this generation, Demick has managed to overcome Beijing’s restrictions and penetrate the Tibetan world, to linger in it and to bring its people vividly to life on the page -- Howard French.    … more

Eat the Buddha confirms Demick as a master of narrative non-fiction.… more

Outstanding.... Every page packed with insight and gripping detail.… more

A brilliantly reported and eye-opening work of narrative nonfiction-- Anne Fadiman    … more

Remarkable... Gripping... Seldom is the veil lifted from Tibet, which makes Ms. Demick's…. chronicles all the more worth reading… more

“The method is programmatic openness, deep listening, a willingness to be waylaid; the effect, a prismatic picture of history as experienced and understood by individuals in their full amplitude and idiosyncrasy.”… more

In this heartbreaking and doggedly reported account, journalist Demick (Nothing to Envy) views the tragic history of Tibet under Chinese rule through the stories of people with roots in Ngaba County, the site of the Mei kingdom in the remote reaches of Sichuan province.… more

Journalist Demick does for Tibet what she did for Sarajevo in Logavina Street (1996) and North Korea in Nothing to Envy (2010): reveal the lives of individuals struggling against state tyranny and violence.… more