It takes the average reader 6 hours and 35 minutes to read The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong by Anne F. Thurston
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
"For over half a century, noodlemaker Gyalo Thondup has been a familiar figure in the Himalayan hill town of Kalimpong. But it was not until 2010 that the townsfolk discovered his true identity: Gyalo Thondup is none other than the older brother of the Dalai Lama and his special envoy, a trusted interlocutor between Tibet and foreign leaders from Chiang Kai-shek to Jawaharlal Nehru, Zhou Enlai to Deng Xiaoping. Indeed, only the Dalai Lama himself has played a more important role in the political history of modern, tragedy-ridden Tibet. Now, for the first time, Gyalo Thondup is prepared to tell his story. His remarkable account offers an intimate, personal look at the Dalai Lama and his immediate family, as well as an insider's view of the vicious and sometimes deadly struggles within the Potala Palace - the seat of power in Tibet. His is a story of the 'real' Tibet - a country that is secular as well as sacred, where the source of conflict is not just with China but between Tibetans themselves. Candid and insightful, this long-awaited account reveals Gyalo Thondup to have been a key figure in the great game played out by China, India, Russia and the United States over the strate
The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong by Anne F. Thurston is 386 pages long, and a total of 98,816 words.
This makes it 130% the length of the average book. It also has 121% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 59 minutes to read The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong aloud.
The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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