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Eat The Buddha

The Economist - economist.com [2021-07-21]

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

Washington Post- How China tames its people - washingtonpost.com [2021-05-19]

"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

Eat the Buddha- Foreign Affairs - foreignaffairs.com [2021-05-15]

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

Times (U.K.) Literary Supplement - the-tls.co.uk [2020-11-13]

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

Eat the Buddha-Financial Times - ft.com [2020-09-18]

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

Eat the Buddha – New York Times Sunday book review - nytimes.com [2020-08-02]

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

Eat the Buddha – Economist Review - economist.com [2020-07-25]

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

Eat the Buddha – New York Times Daily Book Review - nytimes.com [2020-07-15]

“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

Eat the Buddha – Publishers Weekly Review - publishersweekly.com [2020-07-09]

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

Eat the Buddha – Booklist Review - booklistonline.com [2020-07-07]

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

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