So Close to Heaven: The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas

A travelogue of Bhutan and its neighbors in the Himalayas that introduces readers to a world that has emerged from the middle ages only to find itself peering into the abyss of modernity. "For anyone with a serious interest in Buddhism, it's essential reading" (Washington Post Book World).

For more than a thousand years Tibet, Sikkim, Ladakh, and Bhutan were the santuaries of Tantric Buddhism. But in the last half of this century, geopolitics has scoured the landscape of the Himalayas, and only the reclusive kingdom of Bhutan remains true to Tantric Buddhism.

Author: Barbara Crossette
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 06/25/1996
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.19w x 0.65d
ISBN: 9780679743637

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 10/13/1996 pg. 32
Publishers Weekly 06/03/1996

About the Author
BARBARA CROSSETTE, who joined the New York Times in 1973, spent seven years as a correspondent in Asia, and is now UN bureau chief. She was a Fulbright Professor of Journalism in India and has taught at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and at Princeton University. She won the 1991 George Polk Award for foreign reporting. She lives in New York City and Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania.