To a Mountain in Tibet (P.S.) [Idioma Inglés] - Tapa blanda

"One of the greatest contemporary travel writers. . . . As he guides us along these braiding trails, Thubron's moving evocation makes for an unforgettably enlightening journey."--National Geographic Traveler "Book of the Month"

"Thubron is a versatile painter of place...an expert guide for the region's complex topography...He is refreshingly clear and unintimidated..."--Los Angeles Times

"A powerful and hauntingly elegiac hybrid of travelogue and memoir"--Kirkus Reviews

"Not only the most revealing book he has ever published but also the most profound. . . . The telling . . . is masterly, with that sharp poetic eye for detail that is Thubron at his best."--Charles Allen, Spectator

"[Thubron has] been called one of the world's greatest living travel writers. Few will doubt it, after they accompany him on this search for earthly sanctity."--Christian Science Monitor

"Like the works of Bruce Chatwin and Paul Theroux, Thubron's gorgeous, evocative writing transcends the genre and reads like great literature."--Carmela Ciuraru, Readymade.com

"One of the greats of contemporary travel writing . . . Thubron's transcendent prose places the reader directly on the path to Kailas, culminating with the final glimpse of the sacred site."--Seattle Times

"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."--Bob Shacochis, Boston Globe

"Thubron has, as always, thoroughly researched his subject, so his descriptions of shadowy Buddhist shrines and wildly various religious supplicants are interspersed with eloquent accounts of Tibet's place in the imaginings of the West..."--New York Times Book Review

"A masterpiece of travel writing..."--Hugh Thomas, Telegraph