From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet by Vikram Seth
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(Paperback - 1st Vintage departures ed)
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- ISBN: 039475218X
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Pub. Date: October 1987
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After two years as a postgraduate student at Nanjing University in China, Vikram Seth hitch-hiked back to his home in New Delhi, via Tibet. From Heaven Lake is the story of his remarkable journey and his encounters with nomadic Muslims, Chinese officials, Buddhists and others.
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About the author's travels from Tibet to New Delhi, with nomadic Muslims, Chinese officials, Buddhists and others. Provides a view of the varied lifestyles.
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From Heaven Lake: Travels through Sinkiang and Tibetby Anonymous
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06/19/2000: This was my first experience with the genre of travel literature. Once I started, I could not put the book aside. For all the 'arm chair ' travelers out there, 'From Heaven Lake' is the perfect way to experience this part of China and Tibet. I thought the book was out of print and then discovered it at this web site. I read it nearly 10 years ago, and many of the experiences and images that Seth describes are still fresh and perfect in my memory. I will never forget the feeding of the eagles at the temple!
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