{"product_id":"to-a-mountain-in-tibet-9780061768279","title":"To a Mountain in Tibet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A superb account of a pilgrimage. . . . Characteristically beautiful, though uncharacteristically haunted.\" --Pico Iyer, \u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Bob Shacochis, \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Snow Leopard\u003c\/em\u003e, Peter Hessler's \u003cem\u003eCountry Driving\u003c\/em\u003e, and Paul Theoroux's \u003cem\u003eGhost Train to the Eastern Star\u003c\/em\u003e, Thubron's follow up to his bestselling \u003cem\u003eShadow of the Silk Road \u003c\/em\u003ewill illuminate, interest, and inspire anyone interested in traveling the world or journeying into the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061768279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.42w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/22\/2012 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Colin Thubron","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42916741546165,"sku":"9780061768279","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d4f106cb-cc5d-4aec-9073-d5e1361f151c.jpg?v=1687269875","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/to-a-mountain-in-tibet-9780061768279","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}