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"A superb account of a pilgrimage. . . . Characteristically beautiful, though uncharacteristically haunted." βPico 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." βBob 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 Kailasβwhose peak represents the most sacred place on Earth to roughly a quarter the global population. With echoes of Peter Matthiessenβs The Snow Leopard, Peter Hesslerβs Country Driving, and Paul Theorouxβs Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Thubronβs 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.

