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Under the Holy Lake

A Memoir of Eastern Bhutan

by (author) Ken Haigh

Publisher
The University of Alberta Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2010
Category
Educators, Adventure
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780888644923
    Publish Date
    Jun 2008
    List Price
    $32.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780888646330
    Publish Date
    Mar 2010
    List Price
    $9.99

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A child’s face, a forgotten scent, or a distinctive flavour engages memory and inspires longing. Ken Haigh brings us tantalizingly close to his own vision of longing for a place, a people, a time, as he revisits those all-too-fleeting years as a young school teacher in the remote Himalayan village of Khaling, Bhutan. These experiences in an exotic country will leave you yearning for ancient Buddhist temples, winding mountain trails, and a simpler way of life. This memoir will captivate the vicarious traveller in each of us.

About the author

Ken Haigh is a graduate of Queen’s University and the University of Western Ontario, where he studied English literature, education, and library science. In 1987-89, he taught for two years in Khaling Valley in Eastern Bhutan. Ken has also taught in China and in the Canadian Arctic. He lives in Clarksburg, Ontario.

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