“Colin Thubron's To a Mountain in Tibet is a memoir of discovery and loss,
chronicling the author's journey to the holiest mountain on earth, the solitary
peak of Kailas
in modern-day Tibet.
To Buddhists and Hindus, it is the mystic heart of the world and an ancient
site of pilgrimage. It has never been climbed. Thubron undertakes this journey
in the wake of his mother's death, using the pilgrimage as a lens to examine
both his deeply felt loss and his lifelong need for solitude, which has shaped
his career as a writer—one who travels to places far outside his own history
and culture. A vivid and powerful travelogue through an evocative landscape, To
a Mountain in Tibet
provides a fascinating encounter with the mythic and spiritual traditions of a
foreign culture—encapsulated in the wondrous insights of an intimate personal
voyage…”
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