{"product_id":"the-red-wind-howls","title":"The Red Wind Howls - Tsering Döndrup","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Red Wind Howls\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Author: Tsering Döndrup)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Part Gulag Archipelago, part One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Red Wind Howls... [is an] urgent, tragic, and vital testimony for the Tibetan people.’ — Woeser, author of Forbidden Memory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the Chinese Communist Party arrives in the Tibetan region of Tsezhung in the 1950s, young reincarnate lama Alak Drong has never heard of China. He innocently tells Party cadre Wang Aiguo that Tsezhung contains heaven and earth, while China is like a tiny line on his palm. Soon, that tiny line swallows his entire world whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter local Tibetan resistance in Amdo is crushed on the fateful \"Harrowing Day,\" surviving men are rounded up and sent to labor camps. Alak Drong—once a revered figure answerable to no one—is subjected to beatings, starvation, and political re-education where survival demands confession, denunciation, and betrayal. Disciple turns on lama, brother turns on brother, and neighbor turns on neighbor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOutside the camps, ancient monasteries are looted, sacred scriptures are destroyed, and compulsory collectivization ruins the fragile high-altitude grasslands, triggering a catastrophic famine. Through it all, a populace unfamiliar with political terms like \"exploitation\" is forced to confess to absurd crimes and worship foreign ideology in place of the Buddha.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBanned and suppressed upon its initial self-publication in 2006, \u003ci\u003eThe Red Wind Howls\u003c\/i\u003e is a darkly satirical, unsparing masterpiece about how a community was forced to dismantle its faith, land, and culture—and call it liberation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLandmark Modern Tibetan Literature:\u003c\/b\u003e A rare, unsparing literary account of modern Tibetan history written by one of Tibet's most prominent contemporary fiction writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBanned \u0026amp; Courageous Masterpiece:\u003c\/b\u003e Originally self-published in 2006 and suppressed by Chinese authorities, bringing Tsering Döndrup's vital voice to international readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarkly Satirical \u0026amp; Unflinching:\u003c\/b\u003e Combines tragic realism with sharp, satirical humor to expose both totalitarian control and feudal religious structures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCrucial Historical Testimony:\u003c\/b\u003e High-appeal read for fans of Solzhenitsyn, Gabriel García Márquez, Mo Yan, and readers of historical political fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"BEETLE BOOK SHOP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53905661002011,"sku":null,"price":594.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/2150\/0699\/files\/81y9gmljylL._SY466__1.jpg?v=1788860444","url":"https:\/\/beetlebookshop.com\/hi\/products\/the-red-wind-howls","provider":"Beetle Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}