The Lost Heart of Asia

Name: The Lost Heart of Asia
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Colin Thubron
ISBN: 9780099459286

Colin Thubron

01/04/2004
Vintage

NC (0 avis)

Couverture de The Lost Heart of Asia par Colin Thubron

Résumé

Discover Colin Thubron's journey through central asia in the wake of the fall of the iron curtain. Thubron travelled throughout Central Asia in the wake of the break-up of the Soviet Union and documented the widespread social upheaval in a region reeling from political change. Thubron is an inspirational writer, intrepid traveller and insightful observer and his The Lost Heart of Asia is an outstanding guide to the history, people and culture of a vast region resonating with history and politics. 'Thubron's journey takes him through a spectacular, talismanic geography of desert and mountain... and he weaves its mysteries with modern images into a dazzling embroidery' The Times