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|title=To a Mountain in Tibet
|author=Colin Thubron
|borrow=Yes
|isbn=9780099532644
|pages=240
|publisher=Vintage
|date=January 2012
|summary=An intriguing pilgrimage to and around the titular site, but perhaps the book is a little too personal and quietly fractured for all tastes.
|cover=0099532646
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Added to that is the sort of subdued fractures Thubron inserts, where we flashback, or even fade to black with a section break only to light up again on the same scene a short time later. This is Thubron's distinctive, authorly concerns showing through, and with his personal elements added to the story the book did become a little too far towards the one he felt he needed to write - and must have done, very successfully - and a little away from the one I wished to read. Still, within the poetic or novelistic approaches Thubron's clarity and engaging, cultured eye and voice are there for all to read, and the special factors of the region - and 'a' mountain - can become as clear as if still in the crisp Himalayan air.
I must thank the publishers for my review copy. We also have a review of [[Mirror to Damascus by Colin Thubron]].
The modern life of Tibetans is covered in [[A Year in Tibet by Sun Shuyun]]. Some more of Thubron's Asian adventures can be found in the Oxfam charity compilation [[Ox Travels by Michael Palin]]. You might also appreciate [[Like a Tramp, Like A Pilgrim: On Foot, Across Europe to Rome by Harry Bucknall]]. {{amazontext|amazon=0099532646}}{{amazonUStext|amazon=0099532646}}
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