Midnight Blue Temptation

Author: A Chao
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: The book features close-up observations and portrayals of Tibetan girls bathed in sunlight, as well as practical advice for backpackers on saving money, packing essentials, maintaining health, and gaining a deeper understanding of Tibetan culture and religious customs. It also includes magical realist poems with a touch of fantasy. With its beautiful language, avant-garde style, unique perspective, and insightful observations, the book guides readers to approach the soul of Tibet from all senses—visual, auditory, and olfactory—and to touch the heartbeat of this great nation. Tibetan Blue Temptation records A Chao's extraordinary experiences as a "spontaneous and adaptable" backpacker who has ventured into Tibet more than ten times in recent years. These include hiking through wilderness on the Sichuan-Tibet Road, struggling along the way with the hardships of hitchhiking; drifting through the years on the Yunnan-Tibet Road, living closely with a large group of Tibetan pilgrims aboard a Dongfeng truck, sharing the wind and rain together; and being locked inside a postal van, crossing the heart of the Himalayas to reach the China-Nepal border.