by Vikram Seth · Ediciones B · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440689078
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«Desde el lago del cielo» is Vikram Seth's travel book through Sinkiang, Tibet and Nepal, published by Ediciones B in paperback (288 pages, in Spanish).
After two years of study at Nanjing University (China), Vikram Seth set off back to New Delhi hitchhiking. His route crossed Sinkiang, Heaven Lake, Tibet and Nepal, dodging border controls and dealing with nomads, officials and Buddhists. The book describes landscapes, people and anecdotes from an unusual journey.
Winner of the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award (1983). Original title: From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet. This Spanish edition is from 1998.
Aimed at readers of travel literature and chronicles of Asia, especially the routes of Tibet, China and Nepal.
Vikram Seth is an Indian novelist and poet. The author of three novels and several collections of poetry, he is a recipient of the Padma Shri, a Sahitya Akademi Award, the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, the WH Smith Literary Award and the Crossword Book Award. Seth's collections of poetry such as Mappings and Beastly Tales are notable contributions to the Indian English language poetry canon, and he is regarded as the greatest Indian writer in English of all time.
