So Close to Heaven: The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalayas
Barbara Crossette. Vintage Books USA, $16 (320pp) ISBN 978-0-679-74363-7
Journalist Crossette visits the last remaining strongholds of Tantric Buddhism, examining the ways this culture has preserved its uniqueness amidst the homogenizing influences of contemporary geopolitics. (July)
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Reviewed on: 06/24/1996
Genre: Religion
Hardcover - 297 pages - 978-0-679-41827-6
Open Ebook - 225 pages - 978-0-307-80190-6