{"product_id":"to-a-mountain-in-tibet-paperback","title":"To a Mountain in Tibet - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColin Thubron\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A superb account of a pilgrimage. . . . Characteristically beautiful, though uncharacteristically haunted.\" --Pico Iyer, New York Review of Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Thubron walks for the dead and writes for the living, and I can't remember when I have been so thoroughly and deeply moved by an author's outward journey inward.\" --Bob Shacochis, Boston Globe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew York Times bestselling author Colin Thubron returns with a moving, intimate, and exquisitely crafted travel memoir recounting his pilgrimage to the Hindu and Buddhist holy mountain of Kailas--whose peak represents the most sacred place on Earth to roughly a quarter the global population. With echoes of Peter Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard, Peter Hessler's Country Driving, and Paul Theoroux's Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Thubron's follow up to his bestselling Shadow of the Silk Road will illuminate, interest, and inspire anyone interested in traveling the world or journeying into the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the shadow of the world's most sacred mountain, a solitary traveler confronts the ghosts of his past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Journey for the Dead: \u003c\/b\u003e As the last of his family passes away, an author undertakes an arduous pilgrimage not for salvation, but for remembrance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHimalayan Travel: \u003c\/b\u003e From the remote valleys of Nepal to the stark, wind-scorched plains of Tibet, this is an intimate portrait of a landscape and its people, captured in spare, luminous prose.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Spiritual Quest: \u003c\/b\u003e Thubron explores the overlapping worlds of Hindu and Buddhist faith with a scholar's mind and a pilgrim's heart, questioning what it means to seek the sacred in an age of disbelief.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLiterary Memoir: \u003c\/b\u003e A moving meditation on mortality, solitude, and the pull of the unknown from Colin Thubron, one of the most revered travel writers of our time.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColin Thubron's \u003cem\u003eTo a Mountain in Tibet\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThubron 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, \u003cem\u003eTo a Mountain in Tibet\u003c\/em\u003e provides a fascinating encounter with the mythic and spiritual traditions of a foreign culture--encapsulated in the wondrous insights of an intimate personal voyage.\u003c\/p\u003e--Bob Shacochis, Boston Globe\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColin Thubron's \u003cem\u003eTo a Mountain in Tibet\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThubron 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, \u003cem\u003eTo a Mountain in Tibet\u003c\/em\u003e provides a fascinating encounter with the mythic and spiritual traditions of a foreign culture--encapsulated in the wondrous insights of an intimate personal voyage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8.01 x 5.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53057971650784,"sku":"9780061768279","price":20.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/DIWAzIf0FS9780061768279.webp?v=1781387938","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/to-a-mountain-in-tibet-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}