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Author:
Dai, Sijie, 1954- author.
Title:
Les caves du Potala : roman / Dai Sijie.
Publisher:
Gallimard,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
186 pages ; 21 cm
Subject:
1900-1999
Political kidnapping--Tibet Autonomous Region--Tibet Autonomous Region--20th century--Fiction.
Kidnapping victims--Tibet Autonomous Region--Tibet Autonomous Region--20th century--Fiction.
Painters--Tibet Autonomous Region--Tibet Autonomous Region--Imprisonment--20th century--Fiction.
Prisoners--Abuse of--20th century--Fiction.
Dalai lamas--Exile--20th century--Fiction.
Prisoners--Abuse of.
Political kidnapping.
Kidnapping victims.
China--Tibet Autonomous Region.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
Novels.
Novels.
Historical fiction.
Summary:
"1968, palais du Potala au Tibet. L'ancienne demeure du dalaï-lama est occupée par une petite troupe de très jeunes gardes rouges fanatisés, étudiants à l'école des beaux-arts, menés par un garçon particulièrement cruel, «le Loup». Dans les anciennes écuries du palais, Bstan Pa, ancien peintre du dalaï-lama, est retenu prisonnier. Le Loup veut lui faire avouer sous la torture ses crimes contre-révolutionnaires. Alors que les jeunes gardes rouges profanent les plus hautes œuvres d'art bouddhique, le vieux peintre se remémore une existence dédiée à la peinture sacrée. Il se souvient de son apprentissage auprès de son maître, des échelons gravis grâce à son talent exceptionnel jusqu'à approcher les plus hautes autorités religieuses et participer à la recherche du nouveau tulkou, l'enfant appelé à succéder au défunt dalaï-lama. Que peut la violence des hommes contre la beauté?" - Back cover
"1968, Potala Palace in Tibet. The former home of the Dalai Lama is occupied by a small group of young fanaticized Red Guards, students of the school of fine arts, led by a particularly cruel boy, "the Wolf". In the former stables of the palace, Bstan Pa, a former painter to the Dalai Lama, is held prisoner. The Wolf wants him to confess under torture his counter-revolutionary crimes. As the young Red Guards desecrate the highest works of Buddhist art, the old painter recalls a life dedicated to sacred painting. He remembers his apprenticeship with his master, from the ranks he climbed with his exceptional talent to approaching the highest religious authorities and participating in the search for the new tulkou, the child called to succeed the late Dalai Lama. What can human violence do against beauty?" -- Cataloger's translation of the French synopsis
ISBN:
2072906431
9782072906435
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1193132703
LCCN:
2020396031
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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