The Incredible Weariness of Hope
Review of book Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land. by Patrick French
Tibet, Tibet. The title of Patrick French’s latest book intrigued me. Vaguely suggestive of a biblical lament, it also hinted at a kind of patient reproach, of the sort that Sir Isaac Newton is said to have dished out to his pet dog after it knocked over a candle and set fire to his research papers.