SEARCHING FOR BUDDHA'S TOOTH
Personal Stories of Tibetan Culture


"... sane, balanced and well-informed." -- The Taipei Times

"...for a quick and easy entrance to the issues surrounding modern Tibet and its exiles, this is a splendid and readable book." -- The Asian Review of Books

Written as a mixture of memoir, travelogue and reportage, Searching for Buddha's Tooth celebrates the spirit of Tibet's exiled culture in a time of great change. In these eleven stories, Tsering N. Khortsa also offers a honest and moving meditation on the meaning of exile, religion, literature, culture and art.

Tsering N. Khortsa is currently based in India. He is a journalist and writer who has written for such publications as The Asian Wall Street Journal, the Harvard Asia Pacific Review and the Taipei Review.

ISBN 957-41-2764-8, June 2005, paperback, 160pp ~ Buy the book at: Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com | Paddyfield.com (Asia)

e-mail the author | Inkstone Books