by Colin Thubron · RBA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788490062074
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In the Tibetan Himalayas rises majestically Mount Kailash, a giant of impressive natural beauty that watches the birth of some of the longest rivers in Asia, such as the Indus and the Brahmaputra. This mountain is especially known for being a sacred place for Buddhism and Hinduism, which remains virgin as it cannot be trodden by any human being. The devotion inspired by this summit of more than 6,600 meters has made it the final destination of long pilgrimages of millenary tradition. Colin Thubron undertakes this arduous journey on foot to the foothills of Kailash, describing it in this book. Marked by his own personal circumstances, Thubron offers his readers a wise and lyrical account of this purifying route, giving voice to the isolated people and the mystical monks who inhabit regions full of stories and landscapes of inexplicable perfection.
Colin Gerald Dryden Thubron is a British travel writer and novelist. In 2008, The Times ranked him among the 50 greatest postwar British writers. He is a contributor to The New York Review of Books, The Times, The Times Literary Supplement and The New York Times. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. Thubron was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2007 New Year Honours. He is a Fellow and, between 2009 and 2017, was President of the Royal Society of Literature.
