"A superb account of a pilgrimage. . . . Characteristically beautiful,
though uncharacteristically haunted." --Pico Iyer, New York Review of
Books
"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
New 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.