Copper Mountain

by Thubten Samphel

A mega mining corporation plans to excavate the foremost holy mountain on the Roof of the World. Though backed by the full apparatus of the colonial power, the miners and their state-of-the-art equipment are outfaced by a small group of multi-cultural meditators armed with nothing but ancient wisdom and courage. How does this battle involving murder, intrigue, denouncement, co-option and spiritual endurance end?

Copper Mountain deals with devastating environmental issues now facing the world and the crucial politics surrounding reincarnation. Centred on Mt. Kailash, a sacred location for Buddhists, Hindus and Jains, Thubten Samphel’s novel is a sharp meditation on a culture that nurtured its environment and resisted assaults by a resource-hungry authoritarian state. This is as contemporary and topical as any book produced in English by any Tibetan author today.

245 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2021

Reviews

[Aruna Kumar Gadepalli · Rating 4 out of 5]

A well-written book about Tibet and the way a mining company tried to start mining in the vicinities of the sacred mountain.

[Bahareh m · Rating 3 out of 5]

A well written book that considers tibet's political climate, environmental issues, and the need to preserve and protect nature.