Key features the popular penguin series has been a sell-out and extremely well received in the market accessiblely priced classic travel book with its iconic design, the popular penguins are a collectors item about the book: from heaven lake: travels through sinkiang and tibet vikram seths iconic travel book now in a popular penguin edition! winner of the thomas cook travel book award, vikram seths from heaven lake was the authors first popular success it tells the story of a journey he made hitchhiking from china to india through sinkiang and tibet as a young graduate student wry, observant and delightfully written, it remains one of seths most beloved works about the author: vikram seth vikram seth is the acclaimed author of three novels including the golden gate and a suitable boy he has also written five books of poetry, a libretto and two highly regarded works of non fiction reviews the perfect travel book- new statesman - from Amzon