Robert Twigger's books include White Mountain: Real and Imagined Journeys in the Himalayas. One of his top ten books about the Himalayas, as shared at the Guardian:Tales of the Dervishes by Idries ShahRead about the other books on the list.
Shah, of Afghan descent, was born in Simla in the Himalayas and travelled extensively in Afghan, Pakistan and Indian mountain regions, collecting tales and stories, most notably the jokes of Mulla Nasrudin. His purpose was not only folkloric or academic; Shah sought to extract the living truths often encapsulated in traditional tales, and Tales of the Dervishes provides a good selection of such stories about Himalayan people.
--Marshal Zeringue
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