From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet

by Vikram Seth

Overview

After two years as a postgraduate student at Nanjing University in China, Vikram Seth hitch-hiked back to his home in New Delhi, via Tibet.  From Heaven Lake is the story of his remarkable journey and his encounters with nomadic Muslims, Chinese officials, Buddhists and others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780394752181
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/12/1987
Series:	Vintage Departures
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	958,513
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

Vikram Seth's books include three poetry collections, a libretto, the travel memoir From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet, and the novels The Golden Gate and A Suitable Boy. Born in Calcutta, Seth has lived in China, California, England, and India.

Hometown:

Delhi, India; and Salisbury, England

Date of Birth:

June 20, 1952

Place of Birth:

Calcutta, West Bengal, India

Education:

B.A., Oxford University, 1975; M.A., Stanford University, MA 1978; Nanjing University Diploma, 1982