Lama of the Gobi - Michael Kohn

"The title of my book is Lama of the Gobi. It’s a biography about a Buddhist monk name Danzan Ravjaa who lived in the Gobi Desert in the early 19th century. Danzan Ravjaa lived a fairly unconventional life; he was a poet and a playwright, he traveled widely across Asia to stage his operas. He was a social critic who fought local Manchu rule so that his fellow Mongols could enjoy more social freedoms."

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