The Frozen River de Crowden, James

William Collins, February 2020. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Pages are very clean and bright with no markings. Binding is fine. Significant spine lean. Minor to moderate shelving wear.

HarperCollins Publishers Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London: William Collins, 2020. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 342 pages, color photos. In 1976 James Crowden left his career in the British army and travelled to Ladakh in the Northern Himalaya, one of the most remote parts of the world. The Frozen River is his extraordinary account of the time he spent there, living alongside the Zangskari people, before the arrival of roads and mass tourism. James immerses himself in the Zangskari way of life, where meditation and week-long mountain festivals go hand in hand, and silence and solitude are the hallmarks of existence. When butter traders invite James on their journey down the frozen river Leh, he soon realises that this way of living, unchanged for centuries, comes with a very human cost. In lyrical prose, James captures a crucial moment in time for this Himalayan community. A moment in which their Buddhist practices and traditions are in flux, and the economic pull of a world beyond their valley is… Leer más

Hardback. Very Good.

William Collins, 2020-02-05. hardcover. New. 6x1x9.

Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; 'A tour de force of luminous writing.' Mark Cocker, Spectator

Hardback. New. 'A tour de force of luminous writing.' Mark Cocker, Spectator

London: William Collins, 2020-01-23. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9.