Ten Thousand Miles Without A Cloud, by Sun Shuyun.
In the 7th century, the Chinese Buddhist monk Xuanzang completed one of history's most extraordinary journeys, on pack animals and on foot, through present-day Kirgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan, arriving finally in India, the birthplace of Buddhism. He returned almost two decades later with a vast body of Buddhist works in Sanskrit, translations of which revived Buddhism in China and helped its spread through Asia. Almost as soon as Xuanzang returned to China in 645 A.D., his exploits began to inspire books and stories. Now, the latest to follow in his footsteps down the Silk Road is the Chinese-born Sun Shuyun, author of Ten Thousand Miles Without A Cloud.
