In 1819 Alexander Csoma de Koros, a Hungarian scholar, set off on a 30-year odyssey in search of his own identity, or rather of the origins of the Magyar people. He ended up in Ladakh, where, through a bizane sequence of events, he found himself decoding the mysteries of Tibetan culture for the British government. The desire to travel, as Edward Fox so deftly illustrates, can be a terrible burden on the soul.
- ISBN10 0571208053
- ISBN13 9780571208050
- Publish Date 8 May 2001
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 July 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Paperback
- Pages 96
- Language English