To a Mountain in Tibet

"A superb account of a pilgrimage. . . . Characteristically beautiful, though uncharacteristically haunted." —Pico 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." —Bob 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 Kailas—whose peak represents the most sacred place on Earth to roughly a quarter the global population. With echoes of Peter Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard, Peter Hessler's Country Driving, and Paul Theoroux's Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Thubron's 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.

He walks on account of the dead, on a journey to a place beyond his own history.

• A Sacred Pilgrimage: Follow a path to Mount Kailas in Tibet, the holiest mountain for a billion Hindus and Buddhists, a place of immense power where the divine and the earthly meet.
• A Journey Through Grief: Confronting the loss of his entire family, Thubron undertakes an outward journey to navigate an inward landscape of memory and survival.
• Himalayan Travel: From the remote Humla region of Nepal to the stark, wind-scorched plateau of Tibet, experience a world of raw beauty, ancient monasteries, and unforgettable encounters.
• Lyrical and Haunting Prose: For readers of Peter Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard, this is a deeply moving account written with characteristic beauty and unflinching honesty.