num_pages: 192
description: In the summer of 1981, Vikram Seth, an Indian postgraduate student at Nanjing University, decided on a politically difficult and geographically hazardous he would hitchhike home to Delhi by way of Tibet. Seth is equal to the challenge, and moreover proves to be an observant and resourceful traveler. He endures bureaucratic delay, climatic extremes and the protracted discomforts of long-distance lorries with equal aplomb. In the event, he makes his way from the arid wastes of China's far west to the Potala Palace in Lhasa. "Seth is a stimulating and evocative companion. FROM HEAVEN LAKE is a travel book to put alongside those of Bruce Chatwin and Paul Theroux." (B-O-T Editorial Review Board)
language: English
title: FROM HEAVEN LAKE
titlecomplete: FROM HEAVEN LAKE
genres: Travelogue, Biography, Indian Literature, Asia, Adventure, Memoir, Nonfiction, China, India, Travel
ratings_count: 1940
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Thomas Cook Travel Book Award
publisher: Random House UK