White mountain : real and imagined journeys in the Himalayas / Robert Twigger.

Author
Twigger, Robert, 1964- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016.
  • ©2016
Description
458 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

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    The Himalayas beckon and we go. Some to make real journeys and others to make imaginary ones. These mountains, home to Buddhists, Bonpos, Jains, Muslims, Hindus, shamans and animists, to name only a few, are a place of pilgrimage and dreams, revelation and war, massacre and invasion, but also peace and unutterable calm. In an exploration of the region's seismic history, Robert Twigger unravels some of these real and invented journeys and the unexpected links between them. Following a meandering path across the Himalayas to its physical end in Nagaland on the Indian-Burmese border, Twigger encounters incredible stories from a unique cast of mountaineers and mystics, pundits and prophets. The result is a sweeping, enthralling and surprising journey through the history of the world's greatest mountain range.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-445) and index.
    Other title(s)
    Real and imagined journeys in the Himalayas
    ISBN
    • 9781474604369 ((paperback))
    • 1474604366 ((paperback))
    • 9780297608714 ((hardback))
    • 0297608711 ((hardback))
    OCLC
    960887446
    Other standard number
    • 99970124876
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