From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet
A China, Travelogue, Autobiography book. I read the book before leaving for my trip to China. Like travel books by...
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- Pages: 192 pages
- ISBN: 9780394752181 / 0
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One of the best books I have read in 2014. Vikram Seth is such an amazing writer yet one of the most under-read writers of today. This book is a beautiful account of his hitchhiking experience through China on his way back home to India. One of my favorite persons from the book is a Chinese truck driver named Sui, he was a delight throughout... I have been wanting to read this book for a long time. In class 9th, the CBSE English textbook 'Beehive' contained a chapter named 'Kathmandu' which was an excerpt from the last chapter of this book: "Kathmandu;Delhi". I had always wondered about the details of Vikram Seth's complete journey, and now finally I was able to read it in... I read the book before leaving for my trip to China. Like travel books by Bruce Chatwin, this is a classic. My travel was tame in comparison to Mr. Seth's. However, I could imagine about the travel he described through his incomparable language and wit as I was making my progress through southern China. A must read
