The Wind That Carried Me to Zhenla

Description

In the year 1296, a Chinese envoy named Zhou Daguan travelled to Angkor — the legendary city of stone and water. His restrained but luminous account became the only surviving eye-witness record of the Khmer Empire’s sacred capital.

The Wind That Carried Me to Zhenla is not a translation, but a resurrection. Lucas Varro revoices Zhou’s journey in a mythic, contemplative tone — woven from silence, shadow, and memory. Each chapter becomes a meditation on Angkor’s moats and towers, its markets and rains, its gods and ceremonies.

Drawn from more than a decade of daily wanderings through the temples, the book restores Angkor not as a ruin but as a living, sacred city. Red-and-black chalk sketches accompany the text, inviting readers into quiet communion with what endures.

This is Angkor as Zhou might have whispered it — through wonder, devotion, and myth.

For readers who love:

• Ancient travel accounts and poetic retellings

• The sacred architecture and spirit of Angkor

• Myth, memory, and contemplative prose

• Fine art books that honour silence and impermanence

Edition Details:

• Paperback & Hardback editions available via Amazon

• Illustrated with original red-and-black chalk sketches

• Part of The Library of Stars and Shadows