To a Mountain in Tibet

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Product ID:	9780099532644
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	To a Mountain in Tibet
Authors:	Author: Colin Thubron
Page Count:	240
Subjects:	Spirituality and religious experience, Spirituality & religious experience, Travel writing, Travel writing, Tibet
Description:	Select Guide Rating TOP TEN BESTSELLERMount Kailas is the most sacred of the world's mountains - holy to one fifth of humanity. TOP TEN BESTSELLER ''I would rather read Colin Thubron than any other travel writer alive'' John Simpson Mount Kailas is the most sacred of the world''s mountains - holy to one fifth of humanity. Isolated beyond the central Himalayas, its summit has never been scaled, but for centuries the mountain has been ritually circled by Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims. Colin Thubron joins these pilgrims, after an arduous trek from Nepal, through the high passes of Tibet, to the magical lakes beneath the slopes of Kailas itself. He talks to secluded villagers and to monks in their decaying monasteries; he tells the stories of exiles and of eccentric explorers from the West. Yet he is also walking on a pilgrimage of his own. Having recently witnessed the death of the last of his family, his trek around the great mountain awakes an inner landscape of love and grief, restoring precious fragments of his own past.
Imprint Name:	Vintage
Publisher Name:	Vintage Publishing
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2012-01-05

Weight	178 g
Dimensions	198 × 128 × 16 mm